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| Iraqi official: 10,000 troops ready to recapture Ramadi |
| 2015-08-24 |
| [RUDAW.NET] A top Iraqi official told Rudaw on Saturday the deployment of joint military forces to recapture the besieged city of Ramadi is complete as more than 10,000 troops from the police and army have been mobilized for the long-awaited offensive. General Jaafar Saddam from the Iraqi national police force told Rudaw the offensive will be "decisive" and aims to liberate parts of the city that are currently under 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.... control. ISIS forces captured Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, in early May. The jihadists overran additional swaths of land in central Iraq after the offensive. Iraqi troops backed by local tribal fighters and Shiite militias have been trying to regain control of the city since then. Control of neighborhoods in Ramadi has changed hands between the holy warriors and Iraqi forces amid fierce daily festivities. Dozens of Iraqi troops were killed on Saturday near the city in ambushes and bombings, said bigwigs from Anbar. "ISIS holy warriors attack Husaibiya district in eastern Ramadi almost daily but have been pushed back by our forces," Saddam said, adding that dozens of holy warriors were also killed in ground attacks and Coalition The Iraqi military in July launched an offensive to retake the predominantly Sunni-populated Anbar province, which is considered essential for pushing ISIS out of Iraq. Anbar covers a vast area from Baghdad to the Syrian border. Hundreds of thousands of locals have fled the war-torn province to seek safer areas in the Kurdish-controlled north, exacerbating the ongoing refugee crisis in the Kurdistan region, where already more than 1.5 million refugees have fled. Kurdish authorities hope the recapture of Ramadi will pave the way for the return of thousands of displaced families from the area who now live in the Kurdistan region. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 How many ISIS insurgents are dug-in in Ramadi? Is this another effort where Iraqi troops drop their weapons and leave their equipment behind only to replenish ISIS arms & equipment? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-08-24 07:17 |
| #1 Those Moslem 10,000 "troops" will STILL be expected to actually FIGHT. Not stand around and snarl. Not stand around and wave their arms. Not stand close to the helicopters that brought them up to the Front. But actually deploy and lock and load and take the objective. Do you suppose said "troops" are motivated and their morale is high and they are proud of their previous record ( or that they actually HAVE a proud record as men who actually Fight)? Or do you suppose they are typical Iraqi Moslems? Moslems are known for producing real soldiers. Yes ? Their reputation as soldiers is... ( just how would your describe Moslems as soldiers )? |
| Posted by: Vinegar Smith1154 2015-08-24 06:11 |