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| Iraq sends troops to Ramadi, largely held by Islamic State |
| 2015-05-17 |
| [Rudaw] An Iraqi military front man says reinforcements have been dispatched to Ramadi, a city now largely held by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. The front man of the Joint Operations Command, Brig. Gen. Saad Maan Ibrahim, told Iraqi state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? Saturday that the U.S.-led coalition was supporting Iraqi troops with "painful" Ibrhaim didn't give details on the ongoing battles, but vowed that the Islamic State group would be pushed out of the city "in the coming hours." On Friday, the turbans swept through Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, seizing the main government headquarters and other key parts of the city. The gains marked a significant setback for the Iraqi government in its long fight to dislodge bad boys, who hold about a third of the country. |
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