Finally the waiting news came: the Iraqi prime minister, Hayder al-Abadi, announced the start of an offensive on a large scale across the country to free all areas occupied by ISIS. The maneuvers, begin tonight, will also involve the local tribes, starting from Anbar who has already given his willingness to fight the militants. To the north, however, there will be the Kurdish peshmerga. For the official start of the operation was expected the end of the training sessions for some selected items in each team. These, which are especially trained for months in the planning and use of complex telecommunications systems, have returned to their respective units and began to teach themselves to their colleagues. The goal of the intensive program was to standardize procedures for all units involved in the offensive, military and paramilitary, to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of the operation. The hunting of the Coalition, also thanks to the arrival of the A-10 Warthog Americans, provide close air support (CAS) for ground forces. Meanwhile, the Iraqi military have reassumed control of the main roads of the country to facilitate the movement of convoys. The last in order of time to be "liberated" was the road between Samarra and Fallujah, reclaimed along with some surrounding villages. The objective of Baghdad is gradual. Begin to "clean up" Ramadi, while maintaining the pressure on the guerrillas in other areas to prevent them from organizing a response. Once "cleaned up" the area you will pass by the same method in Tikrit and Kirkuk. Finally, all the forces will be conveyed in the final battle in Mosul.
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