• Tikrit has been liberated - Fighting continues on outskirts as security forces clear stragglers. Mos
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[Quote] Iraqi forces battling to wrest Tikrit from ISIS are now in control of the city, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday on Iraqiya TV. Al-Abadi, who is also the top military commander, said on state television that the city was liberated. While al-Abadi has declared victory in the battle, pockets of fighting continues. Iraqi forces and Shiite militias are taking part in clearing operations. Iraqi forces reached the center of Tikrit and hoisted the nation's flag on top of the Governorate Building, al-Abadi said. Fighting continued on the outskirts of the city, he added.[/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/middleeast/iraq-isis-tikrit/[/url]
On to Mosul!
Let's hope this doesn't turn into a colossal back-and-forth for the next ten years.
So if they manage to take Mosul and possibly Ar-Raqqa ISIS is pretty much done for?
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;47436454]Let's hope this doesn't turn into a colossal back-and-forth for the next ten years.[/QUOTE] I don't think Iran will allow it to go like that. If they weren't supporting Iraq's army really hard, it may turn into that but not now. [editline]1st April 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Buck.;47436466]So if they manage to take Mosul and possibly Ar-Raqqa ISIS is pretty much done for?[/QUOTE] Ar-Raqqa is in Syria, not sure if the Iraqi army will cross the border to fight them. If not, it may extend ISIS's life a bit longer than necessary.
Push On Iraq!
Knocking out Mosul would basically permanently cripple their abilities. It's arguably their second biggest stronghold, and if they'd lose it they would not only be unable to supply enclaves like Fallujah in Central Iraq, but they'd also lose a huge amount of manpower and strength that they're drawing from the city's resources.
[QUOTE=croguy;47436555]Knocking out Mosul would basically permanently cripple their abilities. It's arguably their second biggest stronghold, and if they'd lose it they would not only be unable to supply enclaves like Fallujah in Central Iraq, but they'd also lose a huge amount of manpower and strength that they're drawing from the city's resources.[/QUOTE] The current situation with Mosul is that the ISF and Peshmerga have completely cut off Mosul from Syria and Southern Iraq. The only other know city that ISIS has a presence in the north is Tel Afar but it's hardly enough. Retaking Tikrit and then focusing in the Anbar province to force ISIS away from Baghdad and potentially out of Iraq into Syria should be the next objective.
And the US government said that the Iraqis couldn't currently do it...
[QUOTE=TornadoAP;47439282]And the US government said that the Iraqis couldn't currently do it...[/QUOTE] Well, we're helping out finally now.
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