bmk1245 Posted June 29, 2016 #1 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Quote Fallujah’s Importance to Islamic State Helped Iraqi Forces Retake It Families were still living in city as militants fought to defend it, hampering usual tactics FALLUJAH, Iraq—For Islamic State, this city was unlike any other: the birthplace of its movement and the first urban center it seized in a blitz that began the occupation of a third of Iraq. But it took Iraqi forces less than five weeks to defeat the extremist group here, much faster than Iraqi and American officials had expected. One reason, these officials and Iraqi commanders say, was how invested Islamic State was in Fallujah, which made them loath to blow it up. Read more... I hope escaped ISIS scumbags will be hunted down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted June 29, 2016 #2 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Can't read the link unless I give the WSJ money and I would rather not. Is there another article? It would be nice to see the ISIS douchebags hunted down and dealt with however the Iraqi law deems fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmk1245 Posted June 29, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted June 29, 2016 28 minutes ago, GreenmansGod said: Can't read the link unless I give the WSJ money and I would rather not. Is there another article? It would be nice to see the ISIS douchebags hunted down and dealt with however the Iraqi law deems fit. Punch title (Fallujah’s Importance to Islamic State Helped Iraqi Forces Retake It) into google, and first link brings full article without annoyments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted June 29, 2016 #4 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I found this one. It wasn't all that easy, not as easy as I thought it should be. :/ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/47bda15a-3d5c-11e6-8716-a4a71e8140b0.html#axzz4CzugeKBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted July 1, 2016 #5 Share Posted July 1, 2016 On 6/29/2016 at 0:58 PM, bmk1245 said: I hope escaped ISIS scumbags will be hunted down. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/iraq-destroys-200-vehicles-airstrike-alleged-isis-convoy-n601061 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only_ Posted July 1, 2016 #6 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Retaking Fallujah was necessery to secure Baghdad. Now they are one step closer to Mosul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted July 1, 2016 #7 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Retaking Fallujah every ten years has become something of a tradition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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