Notice the AP story mentioned air missions by the Iraqi Air Force. Good. Hope they hit their targets but good for ground troops morale to see their own planes in action.
I wonder if any of our ops are helping the Iraqis to perform GSR testing on fleeing males from Fallujah? One good way to find out if they fired a weapon recently. Also did they just shave in violation of Islamic rules? A go d hint that they are ISIS>
Then time for an ISIS BBQ (old cages are still available). Burn, Baby, Burn.
Re one writer who asked whether the “COEXIST” bumper stickers actually worked. Well, if they were attached to bombs and rockets, then, YES. It’s how you deliver the message that counts.
“I wonder if any of our ops are helping the Iraqis to perform GSR testing on fleeing males from Fallujah?”
That is a good idea from a technical view, but I think that the few Americans around Fallujah want/are being kept away from the handling of the male detainees/refugees. Everyone expects war crimes to occur. I would not want put a subordinate at risk for getting caught up in that mess. Stay clear and file protests.
The Iraqi Army has the equipment to test for gun shot residue, and they have been the ones on the forward edge, capturing fresh prisoners. No idea if they use it.
The militiamen to the rear have been holding the perimeter, and screening refugees, would have to have been issued equipment (unlikely), and escaping jihadis would probably have cleaned up before running (some might still test positive though).
I would hope that they have some lists developed by the intel guys (Iraqi and Iranian, maybe more), to screen the refugees against. The standard treatment in Iraq for anyone who is detained, is to smack them around a bit - so I would expect that to be the typical screening process, here more than usual. Anybody who seems like a foreigner is in big trouble (quite a few Saudis there, I understand).