Posted on 08/20/2015 6:23:51 PM PDT by markomalley
The Islamic State overran an Iraqi military base and killed dozens of soldiers and policemen in an attack near Fallujah in Anbar province, where the government has been trying to dislodge the group for the past year.
In a newly released video, the Islamic State showcases its forces overrunning a military outpost near the city. The video shows jihadists attacking the base with armored personnel carriers packed with explosives and a ground assault team. The Islamic State seized tanks, armored personnel carriers, Humvees, and other vehicles. The bodies of dozens of dead Iraqi security personnel are displayed.
The exact date the assault occurred is unclear, but it likely took place earlier this week. The Associated Press reported that the Islamic State attacked Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) positions outside of Fallujah on Aug 16. According to the AP, “four suicide attackers drove explosives-laden military vehicles into government forces’ barricades.” Four suicide bombers driving US-made M113 armored personnel carriers are shown in the jihadist group’s video, which confirms the AP report.
The AP, quoting Iraqi officials, said that 17 Iraqi personnel were killed in the assault. The video released by the Islamic State shows at least 30 dead bodies of soldiers and police officers, but the number may be higher.
The jihadist group took over Fallujah in January of 2014, nearly six months before it overran large portions of Iraq. Last month, Iraqi forces and their Iranian-backed Shiite militia allies started an offensive to try and retake the city as well as Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar. The Iraqi offensive has made little gains in the past two months.
The US military is providing air support for the Iraqi military and the Iranian-backed militias. In the last week, US Central Command said it executed seven airstrikes in and around Fallujah. On Aug 16, four airstrikes “destroyed two ISIL [the dated acronym for the Islamic State] buildings, an ISIL VBIED, two ISIL heavy machine guns and an ISIL obstruction,” while another airstrike near Habbaniyah in the Fallujah-Ramadi corridor “struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL vehicles and an ISIL fighting position.” In addition, two airstrikes “destroyed two ISIL mortar firing positions and an ISIL vehicle” near Habbaniyah yesterday.
Screenshots from the Islamic State video:
Someone inform Bath House Barry the J.V. team played today... looks like they won again.
Wow, they scored on equipment. Are we purposely just giving this to ISIS?
we wasted a lot of american lives and dollars there for no good reason.
Iran was behind the deaths of many of our soldiers with their supplying of IEDs to the “insurgents” and King Barry I has just rewarded them by promising not to interfere with their plans to build nukes and destroy Israel.
the Iraqi people who helped us are dying there. being murdered actually. meanwhile King Barry I can’t be bothered to interrupt his golf game.
McCain and others have helped arm ISIS/Daesh. US tax dollars paying for weapons and training that is being sued to kill anyone who stands up to those islamic nutbags.
so disgusted. so absolutely disgusted with the Bushes and the Obamas and Clintons and Pelosis and Boehners and Reids of this world.
Bump...
Well, not 'we'.
More like the executive branch 'gifted' it to them.
The war in Iraq should have been strategic; serving the purpose of destroying the Iraqi military, Iraq's support of terrorism and in the process surrounding Iran - in the west from Iraq, from the east in Afghanistan and the north from Turkey. Additionally we would be able to project power to Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia after the fact, keeping our so-called allies inline.
I am no general, but I can read a map, which I did a week after 9/11.
The Shiite majority is as hapless now as they were under Saddam.
Proof?
They still exist.
When we give equipment to any Muslims, we might as well hand it out to all of them. None of them can be trusted to be either loyal or competent.
We gave our latest and best stuff to the Iaris, they ran, ISIS now has, while our guys have the old, not-so-great stuff (mil budget cuts you know) ...
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