RE: Normally, I'd Think This Was The Dumbest Move Possible
April 11, 2015 at 9:32 am
(This post was last modified: April 11, 2015 at 9:35 am by Creed of Heresy.)
(March 13, 2015 at 5:20 pm)Minimalist Wrote: End game in Tikrit:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/iraqi...in-tikrit/
Quote:Iraqi forces pound besieged Islamic State jihadists in Tikrit
Quote:Iraqi forces Friday battled Islamic State jihadists making what looked increasingly like a last stand in Tikrit, but the group responded by vowing to expand its “caliphate”.
Thousands of fighters surrounded a few hundred IS holdouts, pounding their positions with helicopter and artillery strikes but treading carefully to avoid the thousands of bombs littering the city centre.
Note earlier prediction about booby-traps and a handful of fanatics. The Iraqis are letting Arty do the work.
The Iraqi Army is fighting rather effectively now that al-Maliki and his cronies are out of power, aren't they? It's almost like it was being hamstrung by infighting and private political agendas before.
(April 6, 2015 at 6:43 am)Heywood Wrote: If they retreat from Mosul in any kind of numbers we will slaughter them anyways.
Yeah, ISIS got a little big for its britches. Pity they don't know anything classical literature...
Icarus' crime was to fly too close to the sun...
