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Delayed storming Tikrit embarrass Iraqi officials
3/15/15
With the expiration of the fifteenth day of the start of the joint military operation, Iraqi forces and militias supporting her, the city of Tikrit, in order to restore them from the control of the organization 'Islamic state' (Daash), failed efforts to enter the city, which has an area of 41 square kilometers, although the achievement of those forces Victories and clear through the complete control of the perimeter of the city and its suburbs and surrounding villages. However, Tikrit, isolated from the outside world is still the ultimate goal of the operation, which has a direct and overt Iranian support for the first time since the fall of Mosul, on the tenth of June last.
Iraqi military official said in a statement to the newspaper 'new Arab' comments about the storming of Tikrit operations temporarily after a counterattack to organize 'Daash' sites on the joint forces seized control of them finally in the vicinity of Tikrit.
The official, who holds a high position in the leadership of Salahuddin military operations, that the 'stop came to make room for the bombing of the presence of sites Air Force gathered organization' Daash 'to avoid casualties on our troops or support forces us', noting that' The death toll from the battle of Tikrit The suburbs of the joint forces reached 228 fighters, including 67 soldiers and officers in the regular army, and the others from the militia elements, including five Iranians, and wounded about 400 others most condition is currently stable, were transferred critical of which cases to Iran and Turkey for treatment at the expense of the state. '
In contrast, have been killed and more than 300 fighters from al 'Daash' most of them were killed during air and missile strikes, according to the same official, who pointed out that the joint forces' made great progress since the start of operations, it has been restored towns of science and the role and Albu Ajil, a southern suburbs The eastern and northern city of Tikrit, and this in itself is an important achievement ', adding that' the speed and haste leaders and government officials to announce the entry of Tikrit or edited soon embarrassed everyone and put pressure on the attacking forces' likely 'not finish the job soon.'
In addition, the Minister of State for the Iraqi provinces Ahmed Abdullah al-Jubouri, revealed 'comments edit Tikrit city center process temporarily' because of the large number of roadside bombs planted by the organization 'Daash' on the main roads and booby-trapping houses, what hinders the progress of the Iraqi army and police forces in Tikrit.
Jubouri said, in a statement to the same newspaper, said that 'the Iraqi armed forces and military operations to liberate neighborhoods Tikrit suspended due to the large number of roadside bombs planted by militants Daash in the streets and booby-trapping houses, which impede the movement of military forces in the liberation of the region', stressing that 'military operations going according to what is planned. "
He pointed out that the 'military forces now control 80 percent of the total territory of the province, in the presence of' Daash 'is confined to residential areas and the city which is closed to the exit of any armed', stressing that 'the military tightened its grip on the entrances and exits of the city to prevent the escape of the militants outside '.
The Minister of State for Provincial Affairs that 'Daash will be finished within the next few days, and that the military will announce the final victory after the imposition of full control over the territory of Tikrit', adding that 'thousands of tons of explosives planted by militants regulation on electricity and cans phones and slots streams columns of water, and this evidence that they gang came to spoil Salahuddin ', referring to the' we will need a large engineering effort to raise these explosives and secure areas to facilitate the return of displaced people to it after the end of hostilities'
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