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| Iraq |
| ISIS destroys key Anbar bridge to slow Iraqi forces |
| 2015-07-10 |
| [RUDAW.NET] 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.... fighters have destroyed Al Boshjal bridge connecting Fallujah city and Saqlawiyah town in order to halt the advance of Iraqi security forces, an official source from Anbar province police told Rudaw. After controlling areas near the town of Saqlawiyah, 7km northwest of Fallujah in Anbar province, ISIS destroyed the strategic bridge that was known as a vital supply line for the ISIS bad boys. "To prevent the escape of the civilians, ISIS has placed many checkpoints on the bridges of Fallujah and Albo-Alwan towns. In Hawija, in southeastern Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... ISIS organized a military parade under the banner of the Qawqaz Regiment and has pushed the young men from Fallujah to join its ranks," said the police source. The Anbar provincial council has asked Iraqi military leaders to help the people of Anbar escape because ISIS might use them as human shields. Naem Gaoud, head of Al-Buonmar militia, told Rudaw on Wednesday that the Islamic State had established a special force in nearby areas comprised of imported muscle. "We have asked the Iraqi government to provide us with heavy weapons to defeat ISIS," said Gaoud. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Hey Constantcough been hanging around the burn pit? My nephew 3 tours Iraq has a constant cough and he believes the burn pits caused it. Posted by bman If he's not done so already, tell your nephew to get himself and his DD-214 to the VA asap. Needs to be documented if nothing else. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-07-10 17:04 |
| #7 the news service here "RUDAW" is Kurdish and they are undoubtedly getting their info 2nd or 3rd hand. There is a major bridge east of Fallujah across the Euphrates but there are no rivers to the north of Fallujah in the direction of Saqlawiyah (as constantcough points out). There are some sanitary canals all around the city (and around villages, etc.) and various improvised bridges cross them. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2015-07-10 16:58 |
| #6 Hey Constantcough been hanging around the burn pit? My nephew 3 tours Iraq has a constant cough and he believes the burn pits caused it. |
| Posted by: bman 2015-07-10 15:08 |
| #5 There are a couple of pretty deep wahdis around Fallujah and we bombed them ourselves during the wars of the two Georges. More importantly to me is ISIS seems to feel the need to slow Iraqi forces down. Does that mean the good(?)guys (I know good in this situation is pretty relative) are making advances at a fast enough rate to worry the Imperial Grand Overlord of the Universe himself? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-07-10 14:37 |
| #4 Good news, Frank: there's a request for contract coming out soon... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2015-07-10 14:14 |
| #3 I was agetting riled up |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-07-10 13:24 |
| #2 Look away Frank, nothing to see here. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-07-10 12:56 |
| #1 There is no bridge that connects Saqlawiyah and Fallujah...just a road with a few culverts over irrigation ditches. I guess no one at the RUDAW.NET volunteered to fact check the story. |
| Posted by: ConstantCough 2015-07-10 09:27 |