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© Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Mines, bombs slow Iraqi advance on Islamic State-held Tikrit
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and SAMEER N. YACOUB BAGHDAD©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Serrano
The IS wackos know they are going to lose their control over Tikrit and Mosul by summer, but they're going to fight to the last and take as many "infidels" as they can.
WilliB
They are not whackos, and it is by no means sure that they lose control over Tikrit and Mosul by summer.
The wishful thinking among our politicians and the low-information part of the public is based on fiction, not fact.
JoeBigs
Mines, bombs slow Iraqi advance on Islamic State-held Tikrit
Yeah right, what is really stopping their advance is that the new Iraqi army doesn't want to fight.
Why does ISIS have all those nifty weapons and US made body armor? They got them after the Iraqi soldiers dropped their gear and ran off last year. They would rather run away then fight.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/11/mosul-isis-gunmen-middle-east-states
300,000 Iraqi soldiers ran away from 5,000 ISIS ragtag fighters. What has changed? Nothing, same guys pretending to fight.
JTDanMan
Thank you, George W. Bush.
WilliB
More more to the point, thank you Barrak Hussein Obama.
Who the heck handed Libya and Gaddafis weapons arsenal to Al Quaeda? Who is supporting the "vetted rebels" aka Als Nusra and ISIS in drag in Syria?
Now trying to blame this mess on GWB is an own goal if I ever saw one.