Tikrit forces have made great progress and are waiting for good news of victory in the coming hours

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militias seized large parts of Tikrit on Tuesday, amid reports that most of the Islamic State militants battling to hold the city had begun retreating, security officials said.

The progress came after more than a week of heavy fighting to retake Tikrit, a city in the so-called Sunni Triangle that holds both strategic and emotional importance in the effort to roll back the Islamic State’s lightning advance toward Baghdad in June.

The offensive is the largest pro-goverment military operation yet, involving a combined force of more than 30,000. And if it succeeds, it would be a significant step in the march north to Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city and an early conquest for the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

Still, previous announcements of victory for the Iraqi government have been reversed before, notably in parts of Anbar Province and at an oil refinery near the city of Baiji. And already, the government offensive has exposed tensions in the American-Iraqi alliance.

So far, the United States-led international coalition has sat out the battle for Tikrit, with American officials saying they were uncomfortable with the prominent role of Shiite militias and Iranian military officials in taking a predominantly Sunni city.

Rafid Jaboori, the spokesman for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, said in a recent interview that despite the lack of direct American involvement in Tikrit, the United States would have “a significant role” in any operation to take Mosul, as would Kurdish pesh merga forces. He noted, too, that the United States and Iran shared an interest in seeing the Islamic State defeated.

Officials of the Salahuddin Province military command center said Tuesday evening that the pro-government forces in Tikrit had advanced within yards of central buildings, including the provincial council and governor’s office, and had surrounded the palaces of Saddam Hussein on the edge of town. In recent days, Islamic State fighters had posted pictures to social media showing them cavorting on the grounds.

The Iraqi security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing military operation, said they believed most of the Islamic State fighters had begun withdrawing from Tikrit because the pro-government forces met little resistance by the end of the day. But they were proceeding cautiously because of fears of traps and suicide bombers.

There was strong resistance in the northern neighborhood of Qadisiya earlier in the day, and Islamic State fighters bombed a bridge leading north to the village of Alam to slow the advance of pro-government forces, the officials said.

One concern surrounding the operation is that Shiite militiamen might seek to take revenge on Sunni residents around Tikrit, as happened with earlier militia victories in Diyala Province. Tikrit carries a particular risk, because it was at nearby Camp Speicher that the Islamic State massacred more than 1,000 Shiite soldiers. Leading Shiite clerics have called on the militias to act with restraint as they advance.

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Security forces roll into central Tikrit after control of the area west of the city

 

 

03/11/2015 13:20

 

Awan / Salahuddin 

According to a security source in Salahuddin province, on Wednesday, that the security forces and the support of the popular crowd and fighters from the sons of the tribes were able to maintain control of the Aldiom west of Tikrit area, while penetrated in the industrial district downtown area.

The source said the "time", "The security forces and the support of the popular crowd and fighters from the sons of the tribes Salahuddin gained control of the West Tikrit Aldiom area and incursions in the industrial district downtown area," noting that "other military force advancing from the north side of the city of Tikrit in Spyker base and the University of Tikrit and was able to access and control over areas of 500 pieces, and Abu Ekrb Street, in the neighborhood of Qadisiyah, north of Tikrit. "

The source, who asked not to be named, said "security forces continue to advance toward a military hospital and medical rehabilitation building in Qadisiyah neighborhood south of Tikrit."

The source pointed out that "other military force advancing from the south side of the city of Tikrit, through the southern gate and gained control of the Valley Chichen area, south of Tikrit," pointing out that "the security forces continue its march to control the Tikrit city center, with support by the military aviation."

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Thanks TB and Yota ! I don't believe that they should take prisoners in this case, these terrorist have already proven their net worth of life !

[yota691]

Former CIA director expresses dissatisfaction with the attack on Tikrit and the growing Iranian influence

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Former director of the CIA 'CIA' between 2006 and 2009 Michael Hayden expressed 'unease' about the Iranian influence in Iraq, which has become confirming with the attack on Tikrit waged by Iraqi forces and militias backed by Tehran. 
Hayden said on the sidelines of a round table in Washington on the international exchange of intelligence: 'I am not satisfied with the growing Iranian influence in Iraq, I am uncomfortable to see the attack on the Tikrit-like progress in the Sunni-Shiite city'. He said 'that things will become clearer in Tikrit after being recovered by the Iraqi army and Shiite militias in terms of behavior, which will be followed by Shiite militias about the locals Year'.

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A senior minister in the government of al-Abadi: America learned in advance of Iranian meddling in Tikrit

 

11-03-2015 03:16 PM

 

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Spread hundreds of Revolutionary Guard fighters and Iranian Basij in the cities of Tikrit, Anbar and areas of western Baghdad and north with full military equipment, including heavy machinery and defender of medium and long-term support and backing of the regular troops and militias that originally trace Tehran since its inception. Having been a presence in Iraq is limited to tens in Diyala and Babel, seemed entering Iranian forces such a large number, which is estimated at between two thousand to three thousand fighters are distributed in different regions, more pronounced a few days ago, specifically with the first hours of the attack on Tikrit, the capital of the province Salah al-Din. Which entailed Iraqi positions, and even international, condemning including from US officials. However, the Iraqi minister prominent in the government of Haider al-Abadi, reveals that the 'Iranian forces entered Iraq prior knowledge of the American Chamber of existing international coalition in the Green Zone in Baghdad, after Abadi told them officially three days of the start of the attack on Tikrit before. ' explains the minister, who asked not to be named, said in a statement the new Arab newspaper, that 'Americans did not show any opposition or reservation to enter the Iranians to fight Daash. What we hear today from some politicians and US officials expressed concern or fear of such an intervention is very surprising, because they are aware of it first. ' It stresses the source that 'Abadi was keen to inform them of the existence of an Iranian request to participate in Tikrit war, and he wanted to approve it, before you answer it on the second day,' This is an Iraqi affair respect you and you are free. " The minister points out that 'the international coalition provided the first four-hour air cover large attacking forces, but stopped after the arrival of the Iranians with their weapons to near Tikrit, where the place of confluence of the regular Iraqi forces and the militias'. The source suggests that 'the Iraqi air force, modest possibilities, is from the shadow of The issue of bombing the organization Daash and rocket launchers and places of gatherings sites'. According to the Iraqi minister, Iran has lost a significant number of its members over the past ten days, which saw the start of military operations in Iraq. On the other hand, draws ministerial source that 'Abadi agreement with the Iranians spend withdraw from Iraq, after the arrival of Daash doubled phase or exhaust him, is thereby transformed into a guerrilla cells scattered does not have any authority over Iraq geography'. The Iraqi minister confirms that 'Abadi is Relaxed intervention Iranian internal and external considerations, but it is under considerable pressure from the militias and parties allied to Iran, which is paid to the meeting, ministers and leaders of the blocs year last Monday to reassure them. " For his part, the leader of the popular movement front in Anbar, Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Salam al-Shammari, explains that 'Iranian forces are located in three main areas in Iraq, most notably Tikrit, east of Fallujah and Nibai town north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.' According to Shimri 'Iranian forces working alongside Iraqi forces are adjacent and fused with it, through wearing the same clothes military army'. As 'Shammari confirms that members of the Iranian forces were chosen carefully, since a large portion of them speak Arabic in varying proportions'.

 

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Iraqi troops roll into Tikrit attacks and regulated by the state and Ramadi Sinjar   
Wednesday, 20/05/1436 e - m, corresponding to 11/03/2015 (updated) 23:32 pm (Mecca), 20:32 (GMT)    

Government sources announced that Iraqi forces backed by the so-called popular crowd seized on Wednesday some neighborhoods of the city of Tikrit, Salahuddin province north of Baghdad, and talked about the violent clashes with the organization of the Islamic state within the city, while launching attacks in the regulation of Sinjar in the north and in the west of Ramadi.

Qat and military sources governor Raed Salah al-Din al-Jubouri said the army supported by what is known as the popular crowd took control of parts of the Qadisiyah neighborhood north of the city. They added that these forces took control of a military hospital in the neighborhood, then later clashed with state regulation fighters near a police station south of the hospital.

At the same time, Iraqi security sources said that the Iraqi forces advanced from the south side of the city toward the presidential palaces area and Tikrit General Hospital, also moved from the western side.  

In remarks to the Anatolian Agency, the district head of the city of Tikrit Omar Aelchendah talked about the restoration of 60% of the city, pointing out that the Iraqi forces regained control of neighborhoods Aldiom flowers and Qadisiyah. It is noteworthy that swept through the state regulation of Tikrit, in addition to the city of Mosul in June of last year.

And the transfer of Al-Jazeera correspondent Waleed Ibrahim from Iraqi sources that the attacking forces facing IEDs and snipers, which disrupts the advance towards the center of Tikrit.

The Iraqi sources reported earlier on Wednesday that the northeastern outskirts of the city and the western part of which is witnessing violent armed confrontations, and said that the Iraqi forces are facing fierce resistance hinder progress towards the city center, despite the heavy air cover and continued shelling the city with heavy artillery.

The regular and irregular Iraqi forces of between twenty and thirty thousand began ten days before a major offensive in Salahuddin province attribution Joey Iraqis, and the support of the Iranian military advisers, led by the commander of the Qods Force in the Revolutionary Guards of Iran Qassem Soleimani.

Between Friday and Monday, the last Iraqi forces retook the town of Dour, south of Tikrit, Scientific Hmalleha after clashes in which people were killed on both sides. other fronts in the last axis, Al-Jazeera correspondent said the clashes subsided Wednesday evening in the city of Ramadi in Anbar province in western Iraq after an attack by state regulation am on sites Iraqi forces in the city center and its outskirts. He added that those forces prevented the arrival of the organization to the city, which includes administrative and security headquarters center.

 

The sources said that the attack coincided with the bombing of 17 car bomb driven by suicide bombers. The sources said the clashes occurred wide district Haouz Street warehouse and twenty Street, referring to the fight against terrorism targeting the headquarters, and the Anbar Operations Command, the headquarters of the local council, which prompted the government forces to declare a curfew in the city.

The sources added that other attacks that occurred outside the city in the area foldable inspired woolen Albuaath and Alsjaria and Albuaped that surround the city of Ramadi. According to activists targeted bombing of the headquarters of the "golden band" in the neighborhood of twenty Ramadi, killing and wounding a number of soldiers.

Earlier, sources said that the island state regulation imposes control over the villages and towns of the vine east of Fallujah after bloody battles with Iraqi forces backed by the popular crowd and Awakening, and fell to the dead of both sides.

In the province of Nineveh in northern Iraq, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the forces of the Kurdish peshmerga repulsed an attack to state regulation in Sinjar, west of Mosul. The attack began detonating bomb cart, and later intervened aircraft international coalition which forced the attackers, according to the Peshmerga withdrawal.

In Kirkuk, northern Iraq, security sources said that the peshmerga forces massed south of maintaining a large force to restore controlled areas of state regulation.

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Iraqi forces regain more than 70 percent of the city of Tikrit

Pockets of weak resistance to Daash within the city

 

 

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Field and other security sources said from inside the city of Tikrit, Thursday afternoon, said Iraqi forces and popular militias backed by the crowd managed to free more than 70 percent of the city, while the forces transferred Daash hiding in some neighborhoods and a number of side streets, including the preparation snipers. , said Khalid grave security committee official of the Council of Tikrit in a telephone conversation with (Basenyoz): "The security forces took control of all areas towards the north-east of Samarra, an extension to the adjacent to the Diyala border areas and Kirkuk." Adding, "as security forces advanced westward and freed all the areas between Tikrit and Samarra, with the exception of the island area in which exist some elements of Daash are dealing with them now. " grave and added that, "the army and other security forces in control of most areas of the city," Msttrda "There are some pockets of resistance Besides Daash be dealt with now, including the presidential palaces where holed numbers of militants Daash who could not escape. " He added, saying, "forces transferred Daash booby-trapped most of the main roads, government buildings and even homes that retards progress of Iraqi forces, which has become the dominant security is the whole of the city. " and about the situation of civilians in Tikrit said the grave, "The vast majority of civilians displaced from the city during the past few days towards the province of Kurdistan and the cities of Baghdad and Kirkuk, and only a few numbers of them within the city remains." In a related development, said activists and local residents from within the city of Tikrit, I contacted them (Basenyoz) that "the Iraqi security forces have full control of the public hospital in Tikrit and the industrial district, Qadisiyah neighborhood, doctors Street, Flower Street, and garage Tikrit city center." and follow those that "militants Daash present in the region's presidential palaces and the link between street Qadisiyah neighborhood down to the old garage Tikrit. "

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The arrival of the largest military force of "Peace Brigades" to Tikrit

The arrival of the largest military force of

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Reached Saraya exploratory peace band, on Friday, to the city of Tikrit, loaded with humanitarian aid, while accompanied by the Chairman of the parliamentary security and defense of quitting.

The source said, in Salah al-Din, the band Saraya exploratory peace of the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, arrived today, to the city of Tikrit, indicating that the band carrying food and humanitarian materials to be distributed to the families of the city.

The source added that the head of the security and defense committee in the House of Representatives of quitting is accompanied by this band.

Saraya and peace, on Thursday evening, it is equipped reconnaissance squad to the city of Tikrit, confirmed that the band will begin its tasks on Friday.

It is noteworthy that a spokesman for the cleric, Sheikh Salah al-Obeidi, announced Wednesday (March 11, 2015) that the liberation of Salahuddin province operations encouraged Mr. Sadr to lift the freeze on the Peace Brigades, as pointed out that 99% of Iraqi fighters in the province.

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Thank you

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As Battle in Iraq Against ISIS Broadens, So Do Backstage Moves

Shiite fighters in northern Tikrit as Iraqi security forces backed by militia fought to capture positions held by the Islamic State on Thursday.

By ANNE BARNARD

March 13, 2015

BAGHDAD — Iraqi government forces and allied militias continued on Friday to battle Islamic State militants who defended their remaining positions in the city of Tikrit with snipers and roadside bombs.

As officials called for unity against the militant group, which swept into much of Iraq’s north and west last year, and declared that the fight was an Iraqi national objective, rather than a Shiite or Iranian one, new factions showed their readiness to join the conflict, albeit in relatively small numbers.

That signaled not only a broadening of the Iraqi fight against the Islamic State, but also probably an expansion of the maneuvering by rival groups to share a measure of credit for an expected victory and to position themselves to take part in the even more crucial battle farther north for Mosul, the self-declared capital of the Islamic State.

Around 700 fighters loyal to the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr arrived to take part in the operation south of Tikrit, joining a force of more than 30,000 pro-government fighters, two-thirds of them members of a mainly Shiite militia known as popular mobilization forces.

And in the southern city of Basra on Thursday, a new Sunni militia organized by the religious establishment declared it was joining the popular mobilization effort, officials said.

Kurdish pesh merga and Sunni tribal fighters were continuing on Friday to advance on Islamic State territory from the northern city of Kirkuk, military officials said, on a front that would also be important in the battle for Mosul.

Mr. Sadr’s loyalists had sat out recent battles after he said he was “freezing” their participation, in part because of allegations of atrocities committed by Shiite militias in Diyala and Anbar Provinces after driving out Islamic State militants.

But last week, the cleric called on his militias, known as the Peace Brigades, to prepare to mobilize for possible participation in a campaign to take back Mosul. He declared that they had a better reputation than other militias and that their participation would tone down the sectarian flavor of the fight.

Compared with other militia leaders, Mr. Sadr has been seen as being less close to Iran recently, and his fighters have not been accused of recent abuses.

Hakim al-Zamili, the leader of Mr. Sadr’s parliamentary bloc and the head of the Parliament’s security and defense committee, said that in his visits to Anbar and other provinces struggling with Islamic State, he was repeatedly told: “You have strong fighters and trainers who haven’t made any violations. Why don’t you take part in the battles?”

He said Mr. Sadr was also concerned that the expected battle for Mosul was being delayed and wanted to offer the assistance of his forces.

Iraqi government troops would be unlikely to mount an assault on Mosul without the participation of the militia forces, whose numbers are much greater than the regular armed forces, which largely evaporated in the north when the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, attacked. But United States officials have balked at direct cooperation with Shiite militias — Mr. Sadr’s fighters killed many American troops during their occupation of Iraq — and at being advised by Iranian military officials, who are playing a leading role.

Some of the Sadr fighters were assigned to protect Shiite shrines in the city of Samarra south of Tikrit, where in 2006 Qaeda-linked Sunni insurgents blew up the revered Al Askari shrine, igniting a round of sectarian reprisal killings.

Iraqi Sunnis have harbored fears of reprisals from the Shiite-dominated Iraqi forces in the Tikrit campaign, but images broadcast by state television on Friday showed Sunni residents of the village of Al Alam on the city’s northern outskirts greeting forces joyfully.

Ahmed Salah contributed reporting from Baghdad, and an employee of The New York Times from Salahuddin Province.

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They need to keep a very close eye on Iran's 'backstage' intent.....

 

We wouldn't be surprised if those showing skepticism of Iran and voicing same begin to

'disappear' or meet with some 'accident'  as the fighting winds down.....

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Minister of Labour and confirms the payment of salaries to ensure care for the displaced covered

 

Published on Fri, March 13 / March 2015 10:22

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BAGHDAD / Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network(IMN) - Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mohammad Xiaa Sudan said that his ministry has started distributing humanitarian aid to the families who were displaced from Tikrit result of military operations against Aldoaash, pointing to ensure salaries covered by the exchange of displaced social welfare law.

 

He said Sudan's (IMN) , "The ministry is part of the government system, seeking to return services liberated areas of Daash terror and assistance to gangs," he submit his ministry "humanitarian aid to the displaced people of Tikrit through coordination with the Supreme Committee for shelter and relief to the displaced."

 

He explained that "the ministry is keen to ensure the exchange of cash for covered care for families displaced by law," noting that "mobile teams to the Child Welfare Authority of the Ministry carried out field trips to parks displaced people to see the reality of childhood there."

 

The Council of Ministers may face, earlier, the relevant ministries to prepare for the resumption of work in the liberated areas of Daash terrorist and provide services to families displaced gangs.

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Better the GOI work now to ensure worthwhile / viable compensation to these folks now before they

 

decide to join the daash for food and shelter !  

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See Video .. how people received Salahuddin security forces and the crowd to "Alhlahl kissing" Contrary to what is alleged Al-Azhar

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjeB9fi1rp4 

Greeted the people of Salahuddin's security forces and the crowd to "Alhlahl kissing

 

 
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Tomorrow Press / Salahuddin: blessed Prime Rose Media Foundation media Suhad Qaisi the tremendous efforts made by the security forces and the popular crowd and sons Ashaúrfa edit Salahuddin battles, especially mentioning the mighty clan on their positions heroic.
She Qaisi for "tomorrow's Press," "Congratulations Iraq victories achieved by the security forces and the heroes of the popular crowd and the sons of the tribes in the liberation of Salah al-Din battles of factions disbelief Aldoaash", saying it "saw (Hlahl women) an expression of joy and greeted troops liberated the Contrary to the claim by Al-Azhar In fact, that position as far as Avrhani has made me cry at the same time because I found the people to embrace the liberated forces in a position of unity and cohesion among the people of one nation. "
And summarized Qaisi mentioning both the "Sheikh Badr stallion and Sheikh Jassim powerful and Sheikh Khamis powerful and Sheikh Marwan great and the people in terms of science."
The Al-Azhar mosque issued a statement saying, "We condemn the act of" extremist militias of barbaric heinous crimes in Sunni areas that Iraqi forces began to take control of them, especially in Tikrit, Anbar and other Sunni-majority cities, according to the statement. He called Al-Azhar the Iraqi army to "to verify the consideration in the selection of troops fighting next to him, and to make sure that they are fighting the state regulation is not the Sunnis, and not be allowed to extremist militias fighting under the banner and Iraqi forces unite their efforts in the face of extremist groups and sectarian militias in order to preserve the unity and stability the country. "

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Maliki: I stayed in Baghdad so as not to repeat the battle of the wrong one

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Deputy Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to stay in Baghdad came to the non-recurrence of the Battle of the wrong one.

 

Maliki said during a meeting with a number of volunteers, the popular crowd before heading to Tikrit not my presence on the front lines and wearing military uniforms is because of staying in Baghdad and secure the Iraqi army, the emergence of the popular crowd in order not to Aldoaash wrap behind us and re-battle the wrong one.

 

He was Vice President Nuri al-Maliki visited Tikrit in a quick tour did not last long because of the refusal of some elements of the popular crowd to see him, which led to a clash between the elements of the crowd and protect Maliki CAD to develop into a clash of arms.

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The killing of a military commander "Iranian" close "Soleimani" in Tikrit battles

Wrote: March 21, 2015

Within the Iranian leaders who are killed in battles in Tikrit, Iraq, especially in the public senior Iranian military commander and close to the commander of the Qods Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Qassem Soleimani killed during fighting in Tikrit, Salah Din series.

As Mirsad News Network news Iran announced the killing of Sadiq Lyari, close to the Revolutionary Guards, the network confirmed that Sadiq's fifty-year-old was killed in a suicide attack in Tikrit, five days ago.

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The arrival of military reinforcements to Tikrit cleared in preparation for the final of Daash

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An official source in the leadership of Salahuddin operations, on Sunday, the arrival of military reinforcements to the outskirts of the city of Tikrit.

 

The source added, "These enhancements will enable the security forces to crack down on militants organize" Daash prelude to the storming of the city.

And stopped storming Tikrit operations, early last week, waiting for reinforcements, according to field leaders, while Interior Minister Mohammed Ghaban, "The security forces are working to secure an exit for civilians," he said, adding that "the preservation of the lives of fighters from the priorities of the liberation of the city plan."

 

Continues Army Air strikes described Palmatherh strongholds "Daash" within the city, while Washington confirmed that the Iraqi government did not ask for support in Tikrit battles.

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So did Iran tell Iraq they don't need hobummer over there...?  

 

Or is it that Iraq does not trust hobummer to help them 'finish rubbing out' daash...?

 

hobummer is the king of 'the early pull-out'.    

 

oh, hobummer, yer such a wad !

[gregp]

Go Iraq! Thanks Yota.

Hobummerwad! I like you Sarge.

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The world is not likely to re-experience the Lebanese Bekaa in Iraq

 

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Crystallize day battle in Tikrit landmarks, was not an option in the account since only a decade, according to the study issued by the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, the main government forces going in the forefront of the battle of "units of the popular crowd," operating under the command of the militia leaders loyal to Iran formed . 
chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey has been described this situation as "expose aspects of Iranian support" since the beginning of the war on the "Islamic state." The comments Gen. Dempsey essence based debate about Iran's role in Iraq and partition the right to work between both Tehran and the international coalition led by the United States in the fight against "Daash." It seems that the White House is the growing involvement of Iran in the war is a reality can not be wished away, and this is probably true, but it also sees as a step forward in US relations - Iran, and this could be considered naive. and give the events taking place on the ground in eastern Iraq different binoculars for that matter. What is really happening is that the battle of Tikrit showed the full aspect of the war was deliberately excluded the international community with him, Iran and its supporters in Iraq are working to establish a sphere of influence in eastern Iraq for more than a decade, and this region is expanding, as indicated Dempsey. We can say that Iraq may be tested by over Lebanon several decades ago when captured by Hezbollah guerrillas on the Bekaa Valley. But in this case, the land in question is the country's "Mesopotamia" and the forces involved are "units of the popular crowd," but the result is the same and is, that there is a patch of land the government withdraw gradually in favor of powerful factions paramilitary which has close links to terrorism. There natural phenomenon of mixing between Iraq and Iran in the common border between the two provinces.The large groups stretching from the Shiite population, northeast of Baghdad to Iran along the Diyala River Valley. In the south-eastern governorates of Wasit, Maysan is located Alhdodian Mata Shiite majority, where the border with Iran ends in the swamps difficult to control. And correlate these areas among them permanently by trade, smuggling and religious pilgrimages along the old river crossing points. But since 2003, Iran exceeded the limits of traditional ties while this border provinces are engaged with each other through the support of the common electricity networks, medical services and refined petroleum products.and have multiple denominations Diyala province, especially in the hearts of the Iraqi militias backed by Iran's leaders standing. Valkieda in the "Badr Brigade", is Hadi al-Amiri, who worked with the occupation forces, chaired by the United States after the fall of Saddam's regime, and was keen to mobilize a large group of officers, "Badr" in the fifth Iraqi Army Division, which is headquartered in Diyala are recruited elements there . Based on this study indicate that it is not worth the Americans nor the Iraqi leaders that Atohmoa about the potential danger posed by "units of the popular crowd." These communities embodying traditional dilemma between civil and military security, as the armed force that is best able to protect the country from external enemies now, are the same as the largest civilian leadership in the future, the potential danger. Perhaps the most striking differences between the risks posed by the "Party of God" influence in Lebanon, and the influence of "units of the popular crowd" in Iraq, is the scale, Lebanon includes 4.5 million people do not have significant resources to remember, while the Iraq includes 36 million people and enjoys a large and important oil and gas reserves, so the world is not likely to Iraq's fate will be the fate of Lebanon.

[yota691]

Tikrit .. arrival of special forces and modern equipment to dismantle explosive

 

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Khandan - Ali Naji said a member of the House of Representatives on Salah al-Din Badr stallion province, on the arrival of special forces to the city of Tikrit, to liberate the remaining ones, as well as the arrival of modern devices to decode the IEDs. The stallion, who is in Salahuddin province, in a statement (Khandan) The "There are preparations for a new offensive elements Daash besieged city of Tikrit," explaining that "Aldoaash trapped in the city, in control of some kilometers from Tikrit center." He revealed stallion for "the arrival of reinforcements from the special forces of counter-terrorism and federal police and also the crowd to support the security forces and the crowd Popular imposed a blockade on the Daash in Tikrit, "he said." He also went devices and mechanisms of a competent, modern dismantling IEDs, "explaining that" Daash planting approximately 8000 bomb in Tikrit, some of which were dismantled by the engineering effort. "

[Wiljor]

Incredible follow through you have on the news Yota, thanks a million.

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Western sources: the international coalition began intelligence cooperation with Iraq in the battle for Tikrit

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A senior diplomat from a Western country, said a member of the alliance led by the United States against al Daash "Reuters" yesterday, said that Iraq "on the verge" to ask the coalition air strikes in the campaign aimed at restoring Tikrit. Alliance did not participate so far in this campaign, the largest campaign carried out by Iraqi forces backed Shiite factions supporting the security forces since the invasion of the organization to one-third of the area of ​​Iraq last year.

If the Coalition demand, this step will be considered greater cooperation between Iraqi forces and factions supporting the Iraqi forces and the United States and its allies in fighting al Daash. 
This comes at a time when a senior military source in the international coalition said, for "AFP:" The United States has been made ​​since last Saturday, support across the airline survey at the request of the Iraqi government to regain control of the Tikrit operation. 
The international coalition led by Washington since last August, under the guidance blows sites and gatherings insurgents in Iraq, but did not participate in the restoration of control over Tikrit operations (160 km north of Baghdad). The source said that "the United States began providing reconnaissance support (including intelligence) in the current March 21, at the request of the Iraqi government to implement the operations carried out in Tikrit." With regard to land operations, the source said: "Certainly, the ongoing operations in Tikrit and around-run Iraqi forces." Iraqi forces have succeeded since the start of operations in the second of the current March, regain control of many areas on the way to Tikrit. 
The commander of Salahuddin province operations Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi told Agence France-Presse earlier, that the participation of the international coalition "necessary" In the process of the restoration of the city. He explained that the "high-aircraft weapons and technology," the coalition allows processing difficulties.But Hadi al-Ameri, the leader of one of the most prominent Shi'ite factions fighting alongside Iraqi forces in Tikrit, criticized al-Saadi's comments. Amery said that "some weak in the army ... We need the Americans say either we say we do not need them." 
It seems that the dispute over the provision of international air support to Iraqi forces in Tikrit point, participation in the pro-government is the "popular crowd forces." The United States faces a crucial position in the context of work to eliminate Daash, at a time requires them to stand by Shi'ite factions as long as its troops fought during the years that preceded the withdrawal from Iraq. And enjoy Tikrit, the mainly Sunni Muslim, symbolic and strategic importance. It is the hometown of former President Saddam Hussein, and the weight of the dissolved Baath Party, which believes that some of its leaders in the city cooperated with the organization. Also located on the road between Baghdad and Mosul, Nineveh province in the north of the country. And began to Iraqi forces and Shi'ite factions and sons of some Sunni tribes, a senior Iranian support, and extensive process to restore Tikrit from the hand of the organization which controlled since June.