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^^ These PMF operations for Tal Afar are all without coalition air support http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/16/middleeast/iraq-mosul-zahraa/ (CNN)Iraqi paramilitary forces have recaptured a strategic airbase outside the northern city of Tal Afar, a spokesman for the Popular Mobilization Forces said.

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Air power cannot be used to the full extent given that the war is taking place un urban environment with civillians. Priority is to keep civillians safe and to prevent large scale infrastructural damage. Also it's not 100K fighters appointed for the Mosul OP. Only a tiny part of them are used...

old news -- CTS/ISOF stormed more neighborhoods in Mosul, there is way too much load on this unit doing the work of the entire army.

are new ak 47s still produced

Keep crying about sectarianism, not that it matters anymore Iraqi militias 'lock civilians in cages and strap them to car bonnets' in torture campaign en route to Mosul Iraqi militia fighters are torturing men and boys in villages outside Mosul, in some cases locking them in cages or strapping...

so far only eastern front of Mosul active, we might see Mosul airport capture in the coming week or 2.

Syrian army will win now. No more support for the terrorists, after Iraq deals with IS which is soon experienced Iraqi forces will join up in Syria larger than ever before and help crush the terrorists. IS is a much tougher enemy than rebels, it'll be easier.

So with US special forces frontline assistance the Kurds needed weeks to take Bashiqa after encircling it, meanwhile ISOF storms towns and neighborhoods on their own all the time. That aside Pesh have spent more hours digging trenches then fighting IS. 'Kurds are the most effective fighters'...

Gulen is good too, I'd say have him replace Erdogan.

seems like it's either use airpower to destroy the terrorists or save the infrastructure but lose soldiers due to cqb surprise attacks. American Apaches should provide more intense support as their payload of weaponry still minimizes damage to the infrastructure. Air support intensity is still...

To dislike someone based on his nationality is quite wrong actually, people have more to their identity than just their nationality. Also the comment about the imaginary mahdi is offensive, one can apply that to any deity (fill in god's name or prophet etc.) since all of them aren't visual to us...

Iraqi gov policy is not as solid as Assads, policies change as top leaders change every few years. But actually that makes for another opportunity which is huge corruption, these leaders know that they have a certain amount of time to apply their thievery.

yes erdogan

ISIS was a blessing for the army in some way as it forced them to fix command and training.. but it came with a huge cost of suffering and destruction. Maliki was truly an idiot, As a teenager back then I was stating the need to build a barrier/defense on the Syrian border but Maliki had no...

The rumor of tanks involved is correct, but disputed by some as T-90's are rumored more strongly by an official in a video. Though, maybe i'm wrong here but recently Turkmenistan revealed they have HQ-9's. Iraq's CH-4 deal with China was secret, if this deal is true we won't know for a year or...

I think Turkey can achieve a lot more, both in Iraq and Syria by dropping the hostile stance towards those central gov and reach out in a cooperation/support manner. Saudi Arabia for years used the same policy of rejecting/ignoring Iraq, as a result Iraq gets closer to Iran.

Can we have a thread for latmiya RAFIDA video's

SOMO is that state company that regulates it all exploration and extraction, often by Chinese/Russian or so companies, but again.. I know nothing about oil.

Not free, but partially on credit, I thought from the article. Egypt didn't decide, Egypt was looking and Iraq offered. Probably something political