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Posted on 05/30/2015 5:52:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi forces retook an area west of Ramadi on Saturday as they pressed their operation aimed at sealing off the jihadists who captured the city two weeks ago, commanders said.
"The Iraqi army and the Hashed al-Shaabi liberated the Anbar traffic police building in the 5K area west of Ramadi after a fierce fight," an army officer said.
Hashed al-Shaabi ("popular mobilisation" in Arabic) is an umbrella for mostly Shiite militia and volunteers that has played a key role in Iraq's fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.
"The battle forced IS to withdraw from the building, which they had used as a base, and pull back into Ramadi city," the officer told AFP.
Iraq forces have launched wide operations aimed at severing the supply lines of the jihadists who control most of Anbar, a vast Sunni province in western Iraq of which Ramadi is the capital.
"The security forces today are tightening their stranglehold on Ramadi, from the traffic police building to the west, from the university to the south and from the other sides too," Anbar police chief Hadi Rzayej said.
He said ordnance disposal teams were busy removing roadside bombs and checking buildings for booby traps in reconquered positions on the outskirts of Ramadi.
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For those who are not aware, the Iraqi government and allied forces retook the southern districts of Taesh, Humeyrah and the Anbar university compound from ISIS earlier this week.
Seek, so there is no time to Find a beer? Guess I shouldn’t ask ...
Are they tip toeing up on ISIS?
A little late.
I hope they do well. Good luck to them.
Let’s summarize: The Iraqi TTAR (Turn Tail And Run) Army has recaptured a single building after losing an entire critical town and they are celebrating?
“Hashed al-Shaabi (”popular mobilisation” in Arabic) is an umbrella for mostly Shiite militia and volunteers that has played a key role in Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.”
Let’s hope they have learned not to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by abusing the ordinary Sunni citizens in areas they recapture.
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They are attacking from the West and South, not the east. Sounds like they may not confront them head on, but cut off their re-supply routes which are indeed very long. A sort of modern day seige...
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