Iraqi state television is reporting the country’s prime minister has ordered Shiite militias to be prepared to go into Anbar province, where the Islamic State group has forced some security forces into a retreat.
Anbar province is primarily Sunni and many worried sending Shiite militias into the region could spark greater outrage among those still there.
Kudos to the Libertarians...Paelo-Cons....and they allies on the Left & MSM.
In a replay of last year’s military debacle, elite units abandoned their U.S.-provided equipment to Islamic State fighters and fled the area, leaving several hundred soldiers surrounded in the last government-held enclave in the city.
Multiple security sources, none of whom agreed to be identified, speaking from both within the besieged Anbar Operations Center as well as with the units fleeing the city, described the fight for control of the capital of Iraq’s largest province as essentially over after reinforcements sent on Saturday to retake the city were crushed by Islamic State fighters
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/05/17/266937/islamic-state-routs-last-elite.html#storylink=cpy
Just heard, Ramadi is gone, ISIS is in total control..US troops freed Ramadi and in a span of just a few days because of Obama, ISIS now controls it..thanks Obama
We were told by our free trade propaganda outlets that Shiites had plenty of help from Iran. Is Iran not able to handle the situation?
Is anybody calling their reps to tell them to give the Kurds in Iraq more weaponry?
So many people, from Jay Sekulow on Christian radio (Jay is Hannity’s friend, btw) to Rand Paul, say the Iraqi Kurds aren’t getting enough arms.