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| Iraq |
| Iraqi forces make hard gains in rough Ramadi |
| 2015-04-30 |
| [Rudaw] Intense house-to-house battles and the presence of planted bombs and explosives have halted the Iraqi forces' advance against ISIS snuffies in the city of Ramadi, Anbar province. Security forces were forced to 40 houses of bombs in order to recapture the city's main bridge in Hoz, an area of central Ramadi. Commanders in the field said they killed 10 ISIS snuffies and captured lots of weapons and ammunition. "With the help of God, the operations will continue until we liberate the Hoz area as a whole," an officer told Rudaw, adding that 75 bombs and 100 various explosives as well as some heavy weapons, such as anti-aircraft missiles, were found According to the commanders, the recapture of Hoz is important for security forces because it is close to the provincial building and other government institutions. that ISIS has tried hard to capture. The Ramadi commanders have decided to continue fighting in order to neutralize threats posed to them by ISIS elements. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Might should have cleared Ramadi Dresden/Yokohama style. Sort of 'destroying the village in order to save it approach.' |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-04-30 09:37 |
| #3 Until next week? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-04-30 02:15 |
| #2 But we did eventually take it. Lots of Sadam's soldiers from his army were holed up there. They were thousands of soldiers and officers that were removed from their post. |
| Posted by: texhooey 2015-04-30 00:55 |
| #1 Looking back at the Iraq Invasion, I would say our biggest mistake was not going into Ramadi and Fallujah and kicking the crap out of that town instead of stopping in Baghdad for a bunch of photo ops. Al Qaeda was essentially born in Fallujah and we could have prevented a lot of the current grief had we gone in there in the first place while the iron was hot and the Iraqis were on their heels. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2015-04-30 00:42 |