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Iraqi army controls 50% of Tikrit
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Colonel in the Iraqi army, said Friday that the latter is dominated by more than 50% of the area of the city of Tikrit, in Salahuddin province, central Iraq, having managed over the last few days of the restoration of several areas of the hands of the militants, "the organization of the state."
The Colonel, who works in the leadership of Salahuddin operations, told AFP-without to be named the "Our forces control more than 50 percent of Tikrit, gunmen surrounded the city center", 12 days after began to regain control of the process of Tikrit .
He pointed out that "the troops progress has been slow, due to the presence of a large number of improvised explosive devices that impede progress," and planted by militants regulation on roadsides in the city.
The besieging of thousands of Iraqi army units and the popular crowd, hundreds of militants from the "state regulation", who have become the target of aerial bombardment and ground, at a time when Iraqi troops advancing cautiously to avoid the thousands of improvised explosive devices.
The officer was likely to be the gunmen had planted about 10 thousands of an explosive device in the whole city. The organization uses in its response to the attack tactic of suicide attacks and roadside bombs and sniper operations.
Colonel announced for "killing six soldiers and wounding 11 of their comrades in a suicide attack against an army gathered in Aldiom area", in the western side of the city of Tikrit.
Stop a "tactical"
In the meantime, stop signs "tactical" to attack the city of Tikrit showed, on Friday, two days after the incursion into the Iraqi security forces in parts of them yet.
A source in the leadership of Salah al-Din's operations, "Reuters," The Iraqi forces will not advance until you reach reinforcements to Tikrit, which is still regulated by the state controls almost half of it.
If the government forces recaptured the city of Tikrit, will be the first city to be recovered from the hands of the organization since it swept through large areas of the country last year.
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
Colonel in the Iraqi army, said Friday that the latter is dominated by more than 50% of the area of the city of Tikrit, in Salahuddin province, central Iraq, having managed over the last few days of the restoration of several areas of the hands of the militants, "the organization of the state."
The Colonel, who works in the leadership of Salahuddin operations, told AFP-without to be named the "Our forces control more than 50 percent of Tikrit, gunmen surrounded the city center", 12 days after began to regain control of the process of Tikrit .
He pointed out that "the troops progress has been slow, due to the presence of a large number of improvised explosive devices that impede progress," and planted by militants regulation on roadsides in the city.
The besieging of thousands of Iraqi army units and the popular crowd, hundreds of militants from the "state regulation", who have become the target of aerial bombardment and ground, at a time when Iraqi troops advancing cautiously to avoid the thousands of improvised explosive devices.
The officer was likely to be the gunmen had planted about 10 thousands of an explosive device in the whole city. The organization uses in its response to the attack tactic of suicide attacks and roadside bombs and sniper operations.
Colonel announced for "killing six soldiers and wounding 11 of their comrades in a suicide attack against an army gathered in Aldiom area", in the western side of the city of Tikrit.
Stop a "tactical"
In the meantime, stop signs "tactical" to attack the city of Tikrit showed, on Friday, two days after the incursion into the Iraqi security forces in parts of them yet.
A source in the leadership of Salah al-Din's operations, "Reuters," The Iraqi forces will not advance until you reach reinforcements to Tikrit, which is still regulated by the state controls almost half of it.
If the government forces recaptured the city of Tikrit, will be the first city to be recovered from the hands of the organization since it swept through large areas of the country last year.
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