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| Tango01 | 24 May 2016 1:01 p.m. PST |
…the charge into Fallujah. "An elite Iraqi force that just led a mission to retake an Islamic State group stronghold near the Syrian border now has its sights set on getting Fallujah back into the hands of the government. The commandos — part of Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service — is leading the charge to retake Fallujah, the first Iraqi city to fall to ISIS in January 2014. It was considered a devastating blow to the Iraqi government, and to the Marines who fought two of the Corps' bloodiest battles there…."
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| cwlinsj | 24 May 2016 2:38 p.m. PST |
CNN has reported that some of these troops have been withdrawn and sent back Baghdad today to help guard the Green Zone after continued rioting. |
 Legion 4   | 24 May 2016 3:32 p.m. PST |
Hopefully they are "high speed" in reality and not in name only. And with the rioting in the Green Zone, that certainly will slow things at Fallujah even more. Can you say failed or failing state ? Who would have thought that Saddam would be the lesser of evils … ? |
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