Iraqi Forces Enter IS-Held Tikrit
Source: AFP
Iraqi forces enter IS-held Tikrit
AFP
MAR. 11, 2015, 7:52 AM
Tikrit (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi forces entered a northern neighbourhood of Tikrit Wednesday, marking a new stage in the operation launched 10 days ago to wrest the city back from jihadists, army officers said.
"We are now doing combat missions to cleanse the neighbourhood of Qadisiyah," a major general told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"We were able to control Tikrit military hospital, which is close to the centre of the city," he said.
"But we are engaging in a very delicate battle because we are not facing fighters on the ground, we are facing booby-trapped terrain and sniper fire. Our movement is slow," the senior officer said.
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)What is a massive military to do if there is no one to FEAR? What will the massive homogenous mass media have to do?
No massive FEAR, no massive military, no massive political bribery, no massive mass media mind control.
What is a corrupt politician to do?
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)I watched this last night.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Isn't requesting a new enemy to replace ISIS a rather accurate example of a straw-man in this context?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)That is why propaganda and deflection work. On some.
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)threads. Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you're saying. I'm a bit confused as to where you mean then. You don't believe the videos and stories are real?
davidsilver
(87 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)elias49
(4,259 posts)What great news that would be!