Posted on 05/17/2015 9:49:46 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Iraqi state television is reporting the country's prime minister has ordered security forces not to abandon their positions in Anbar province to the Islamic State group.
The order Sunday by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi came as some Iraqi forces retreated from Ramadi, the provincial capital. It wasn't clear whether Iraq still maintained any control of the city, which the Islamic State group seized much of in recent days.
Already Sunday, coordinated suicide bomb attacks targeted Iraqi forces in Ramadi. Some Iraqi forces apparently left behind their weapons and vehicles.
Earlier, al-Abadi ordered Shiite militias to prepare for going into the province, despite worries from those in the Sunni-dominated region that could spark sectarian bloodshed.
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"A police officer who was in Malaab said retreating forces left behind about 30 army vehicles and weapons that included artillery and assault rifles."
How about we let ISIS take it all — and then burn Iraq down from east to west, and north to south.
Sounds like a plan, Stan!
So much American blood and treasure WASTED on these goat fockers!
Sounds like what a leader might say when he wants to abandon Anbar.
He could just have well said, "Run Away! RUN AWAY!"
Would make sense if we were willing to do it.
Very out of control... been watching on Twitter since yesterday. You can always tell when things are getting worse by the level of "It's Bush's fault" stuff Obama's lackeys in the media are generating. It's reaching a fever pitch now that ISIS has taken over major weapons caches.
This
The Arabs need and deserve a chance to live in a “ caliphate”
I concur. Nuke from orbit...it’s the only way to be sure!
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