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big_dog

(4,144 posts) Sat May 28, 2016, 10:32 PM May 2016

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Iraq Begins 'Liberating' Heart of Fallujah

Source: al arabiya 5 hours ago

The Iraqi Army has declared on Saturday the start of an operation to liberate Fallujah’s city center, considered to be ISIS stronghold in the western province of Anbar, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

Iraq’s counter-terrorism forces deployed on the edge of Fallujah Saturday for the first time since an operation was launched to retake the militants-held city, top commanders said.

The counter-terrorism service (CTS), Iraq’s best-trained and most battle-tested fighting unit, moved into position on the boundaries of Fallujah.

“CTS forces, Anbar emergency police and tribal fighters... reached Tareq and Mazraa camps” south and east of Fallujah, Abdelwahab al-Saadi, the top commander in charge of the Fallujah operation, told AFP.

Read more: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/05/28/Iraqi-Army-declares-start-of-operation-to-liberate-Fallujah-s-city-center-.html

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Iraq Begins 'Liberating' Heart of Fallujah (Original Post) big_dog May 2016 OP

More like engaging in a deliberate slaughter of Sunni civilians. Odin2005 May 2016 #1

Link? oberliner May 2016 #5

I've lost count of the number of times that place has been "liberated" The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #2

wonder how many thousands have died in Fallujah? Thats a town we smashed to the ground & rebuilt? Sunlei May 2016 #3

Nobody had kept track. They used to keep track sort of The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #4

Liberating Fallujah AGAIN! Aristus May 2016 #6

By liberating they mean elmac May 2016 #7

Hey, they had to destroy the village to save it. n/t malthaussen May 2016 #8

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

1. More like engaging in a deliberate slaughter of Sunni civilians.

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 10:48 PM

May 2016

I heard on the BBC a couple days ago that Shia militiaman are killing civilians trying to escape the city as "ISIS sympathizers".

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

5. Link?

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #1)

Sat May 28, 2016, 11:46 PM

May 2016

Evidence?

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

2. I've lost count of the number of times that place has been "liberated"

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 11:22 PM

May 2016

from the Sunnis that live there.
I'm amazed that there is anything left to "liberate"

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

3. wonder how many thousands have died in Fallujah? Thats a town we smashed to the ground & rebuilt?

Reply to The_Casual_Observer (Reply #2)

Sat May 28, 2016, 11:26 PM

May 2016

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

4. Nobody had kept track. They used to keep track sort of

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #3)

Sat May 28, 2016, 11:29 PM

May 2016

in wildly exagerated numbers when Saddam was in power but since then nothing.

Aristus

(66,530 posts)

6. Liberating Fallujah AGAIN!

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 11:47 PM

May 2016

Because it worked out so well the last time...

elmac

(4,642 posts)

7. By liberating they mean

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Sun May 29, 2016, 12:25 AM

May 2016

leveling every building still standing. The bush cheney obama wars, no end in sight, grand kids will be fighting this one.

malthaussen

(17,241 posts)

8. Hey, they had to destroy the village to save it. n/t

Reply to elmac (Reply #7)

Sun May 29, 2016, 09:08 AM

May 2016

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