After claiming earlier this week to have captured 60% of the Anbar Province capital of Ramadi in a single day, and talking up a quick victory thereafter, Iraqi military forces continue to claim further “great gains” in the city, though the US said it was actually quite slow going.
Heavy fighting is still ongoing in the city’s center, with ISIS destroying the Euphrates River lock and multiple bridges leading to the center of the city, which they still control. Officials are bragging ISIS is “trapped” in the city’s center, but doesn’t seem to have a quick idea of how to recover the area.
Indeed, even as the military continues to talk up having the city fully “liberated” by Christmas at the latest, other Iraqi officials are privately conceding that US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s offer of attack helicopters to “finish off” ISIS in Ramadi was likely to be accepted.
Either way, ISIS had over six months to prepare traps and ambushes throughout the city before Iraqi forces had managed to surround it, and the battle over the city is likely to last far longer than anyone officially admits, as has been the case with previous fighting around Iraq.
Do as US did in Falluja Iraq.
After the residents kicked out US marines with their militia units(US wanting excuse for blood letting were revenging US lowlife murdering Contractors killed by locals).
On second try they built berms and wall around its core areas and proceeded to kill anything that moved.
Snipers had what we old timers called shooting rats in a barrel target practice.
Sad fact of life is those US aholes called it a battle not knowing difference between militRy vs military warfare and well armed militRy against poorly trained and armed civilians fighting to defend their homes. And so they Semper Fi the Falluja massacre of old and young men women children medics and Red Crescent hospital workers and ambulance drivers.
Iraq just needs to study US tactics to become better butchers is all.
I can only hope it's true, concerning their claims. The Iraqi's and may God bless them, are known for exaggerating their claims of warfare prowess.
The USG is responsible for the destruction we see happening in Iraq. Bush 1 and Bush 2
are both war criminals who should be in prison.