Americans Cannot Save Ramadi From ISIL, Iraq's Strongman Militia Leader Says
Source: Telegraph UK
By Richard Spencer, Nebai in Iraq
9:33PM BST 31 May 2015
Iraqi forces will make no immediate attempt to recapture the city of Ramadi from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), the country’s most powerful military chief told The Telegraph, contradicting political leaders.
In an interview behind the front lines of the fight against Isil north-east of the city, Hadi al-Ameri insisted the fall of Ramadi would not make him change his long-term strategy to defeat Isil.
Mr Ameri is leader of the Hashed al-Sha’abi, or Popular Mobilisation Units, the coalition of militias which are now doing most of the fighting against Isil outside Kurdish areas since the collapse of the army.
He has been leading an operation to isolate Isil from major centres of population along Iraq’s central spine, and to cut off Isil supply routes through the desert - an operation with no clear time scale.
Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11642337/Americans-cannot-save-Ramadi-from-Isil-Iraqs-strongman-militia-leader-says.html
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