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.
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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”.
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