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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Sat May 23, 2015, 06:26 AM May 2015

Iraq forces start fightback against IS in Ramadi

Source: BBC

Iraqi forces and Shia militias have begun moving against Islamic State militants near Ramadi, officials say.

The action was concentrating on the town of Husaybah, east of Ramadi.

Shia militias began gathering for a counter-offensive after IS fighters captured Ramadi last Sunday. Militants moved out to face them off.

Ramadi - capital of Anbar province - is only 110km (70 miles) west of Baghdad. Its fall was seen as a major embarrassment for the government.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32857198

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Iraq forces start fightback against IS in Ramadi (Original Post) Bosonic May 2015 OP

"fall was seen as a major embarrassment for the government" Android3.14 May 2015 #1

You forgot the part where the government was installed after a fake war killing a million people. Fred Sanders May 2015 #2

Android3.14

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1. "fall was seen as a major embarrassment for the government"

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Sat May 23, 2015, 06:34 AM

May 2015

If a bunch of fucked religious conservative gun-toting rednecks took over Boston after raping and killing their way across a significant portion of the country, I wonder if our government would be "major embarrassed".

Fred Sanders

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2. You forgot the part where the government was installed after a fake war killing a million people.