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Iraq launches operation to drive Daesh from Anbar
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 05 - 2015

BAGHDAD — Iraq on Tuesday announced the launch of a military operation to drive the Daesh terrorist group out of the western Anbar province, where the extremists captured the provincial capital, Ramadi, earlier this month. Iraqi state TV declared the start of the operation, in which troops will be backed by Shiite and Sunni paramilitary forces, but did not provide further details.
A spokesman for Iraq's Shiite militias said the operation will “not last for a long time” and that Iraqi forces have surrounded the provincial capital, Ramadi, from three sides.
Ahmed Al-Assadi, who is also a member of parliament, told reporters that new weapons are being used in the battle “that will surprise the enemy.”
The Daesh group seized large parts of Anbar starting in early 2014 and captured Ramadi earlier this month. The fall of the city marked a major defeat for Iraqi forces, which had been making steady progress against the extremists over the past year with the help of US-led airstrikes.
Security forces and Sunni militiamen who had been battling the extremists in Ramadi for months collapsed as the Daesh militants overran the city. The militants gained not only new territory 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, but also large stocks of weapons abandoned by government forces as they fled.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday that Iraqi forces had “vastly outnumbered” the Daesh militants in Ramadi but “showed no will to fight.”
Saad Al-Hadithi, a spokesman for Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, said the government was surprised by Carter's remarks, and that the defense secretary “was likely given incorrect information.” — AP


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