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Defeat for Isis as Iraqi troops take key town
Daily Mail ^ | 12 September 2014 | Matthew Blake

Posted on 09/12/2014 7:59:28 AM PDT by GonzoII

Iraqi forces retook a key strategic town from Islamic State militants today in a victory that has been hailed as a possible turning point in the fight against jihadis overrunning the country.

Barwanah, in Iraq's Anbar province, has been gripped by vicious fighting for months since IS fighters overran the region last December.

But yesterday, after American warplanes carried out strikes in the area, Iraqi troops finally broke through IS defences as part of a major operation to wrest back the province from the clutches of the extremist horde.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqiforces; isis
Full Headline: Defeat for Isis as Iraqi troops take key town: Now Arab states vow to unite to defeat jihadis in wake of American airstrike plan
1 posted on 09/12/2014 7:59:28 AM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

NO PRISONERS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aARaYjgm_rA


2 posted on 09/12/2014 8:07:06 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: LeonardFMason

Several years ago AARP magazine had a page with quotes from movies to test your memory.

One of the questions was “NO PRISONERS!” My first thought was LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.

Nope. The answer was ANIMAL HOUSE.

I though ..”What a BS test”.


3 posted on 09/12/2014 9:13:31 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: GonzoII
Let's be clear, it is US Air power with US Green Berets embedded in Iraqi units that took this town.
4 posted on 09/12/2014 10:11:43 AM PDT by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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