12-27-2015, 16:14
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Ramadi recaptured by Iraqi forces
Finally, some good news for a change ...
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Iraqi Forces Seize ISIS Stronghold In Ramadi
Baghdad: ISIS terrorists pulled out of their last stronghold in Ramadi Sunday, bringing Iraqi federal forces within sight of their biggest victory since last year's debacle.
The elite counter-terrorism service was hours away from moving into the former government complex in Ramadi, which the terrorists had fiercely defended for several days, the force's spokesman said.
"All Daesh (ISIS) fighters have left. There is no resistance," Sabah al-Numan told AFP. "The operation is almost wrapped up; our forces will enter in the coming hours."
He said a major clearing effort was needed to allow forces to move in because ISIS rigged the entire area with roadside bombs and booby traps.
For that reason, the military and government did not immediately declare victory, but some people were already celebrating on the streets of several cities.
After months of preparation, Iraqi forces backed by US-led coalition air strikes had punched into the centre of Ramadi on Tuesday, in a final push to retake the city they lost in May.
The fighting over the past two days had been concentrated around the government complex, whose recapture had become synonymous with victory in the battle for Ramadi.
According to medical sources in Baghdad, 93 members of the security forces were brought in with injuries on Sunday alone.
"The dead bodies are taken directly to the main military hospital" near the airport, said one hospital source.
At least five government fighters have been killed over the past two days alone, but no official has divulged any overall toll for the operation.
Estimates a week ago were that the ISIS had around 400 fighters to defend central Ramadi, many of them protecting the government compound.
Those numbers were thought to have drastically declined over the past two days, with several fighters retreating from the main battle and dozens of others killed in fighting or in suicide attacks.
Human shields
Ali Dawood, the head of the neighbouring Khaldiya council, said ISIS terrorists used civilians as human shields to slip out of the government complex.
"Daesh fighters forced all the families living around the compound to go with them in order to flee towards Sichariyah, Sufiya and Jweiba," on the eastern outskirts of Ramadi, he said.
He had said on Saturday that more than 250 families had managed to escape the combat zones since the start of the operation and had been escorted to safety by the army.
Some of them were in camps with other displaced people in Anbar, while others headed to Baghdad or the northern autonomous Kurdish region.
According to the International Organization for Migration, Anbaris account for more than a third of the 3.2 million Iraqis who have been forced from their homes since January 2014.
Ramadi lies about 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Baghdad and is the capital of Anbar, which is Iraq's largest province and borders Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
A victory there would help boost Iraq's much-criticised military, which collapsed when ISIS took over large parts of the country in June 2014.
Government forces held off months of IS assaults in Ramadi until May 2015, when the jihadists blitzed them with massive suicide car bombs and seized full control of the city.
The fightback has often been laborious and poisoned by political wrangling, but Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi said a week ago that Iraqi forces had reclaimed half of the territory lost to IS last year.
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/iraqi...ramadi-1259549
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12-27-2015, 16:46
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Outstanding.
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12-27-2015, 17:07
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Shame they had to do it in the first place.
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12-27-2015, 19:26
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Ramadi recovered
This all belongs on the head of Maliki (sp?). We wanted to leave a training contingent. They refused a Status of Forces Agreement. Obama, rightly so IMHO, said to SOFA no troops. As a soldier of any branch, I would not want to fight knowing my actions, however motivated was subject to the Iraqi criminal Justice system.
Iraq wanted us gone. They made it clear, yet we get catch holy hell for not leaving troops. No win regardless of action.
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12-29-2015, 15:29
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Originally Posted by bushmaster11
This all belongs on the head of Maliki (sp?). We wanted to leave a training contingent. They refused a Status of Forces Agreement. Obama, rightly so IMHO, said to SOFA no troops. As a soldier of any branch, I would not want to fight knowing my actions, however motivated was subject to the Iraqi criminal Justice system.
Iraq wanted us gone. They made it clear, yet we get catch holy hell for not leaving troops. No win regardless of action.
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That story never sat well with me. I think it was too perfect for Obama to say, "see, not my fault, they won't agree to the SOFA, not my fault, I'm pullin' out.... Oh yeah, wasn't that one of my campaign promises?
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12-29-2015, 17:04
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That story never sat well with me. I think it was too perfect for Obama to say, "see, not my fault, they won't agree to the SOFA, not my fault, I'm pullin' out.... Oh yeah, wasn't that one of my campaign promises?
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