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Starting a massive attack to regain Anbar with the participation of the popular crowd
7/13/15
Iraq announces the launch of the military operation after two months from the control of the Islamic state on the desert province center sprawling.
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi military statement broadcast on state television reported that Iraqi soldiers backed by members of the Shi'ite-dominated factions Dhenwa military operations Monday to regain control of Anbar province, the largest provinces of the country from Islamic militants to organize the state.
The announcement comes about two months after the attack from the control of the jihadist organization to Ramadi, capital of Anbar to simplify their control of the conservative Sunni west of Baghdad.
According to a statement from the joint military command is followed on the official TV "was launched today at the dawn of the fifth edit Anbar operations."
The statement added that the attack was carried out by the army and Shiite factions known as the popular crowd and special forces, police and fighters of the Sunni tribes.
The statement gave no further details but officers in the army and popular leaders in the crowd said that the primary objective will be the city of Fallujah, about 50 kilometers west of Baghdad.
Hadi al-Ameri, commander of the Badr Organization largest Shiite power in the popular crowd Iraqi television Sunday and said he expected to be the main attack in Fallujah after the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Residents in Fallujah and Ramadi reported heavy shelling of the cities early Monday. Security sources said that the militants of the Islamic state organization also fired a number of missiles and bombs on army positions.
The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said last week: "The first phase of the military operations in the province achieved its objectives," stressing the determination of his forces to carry out liberalization of the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah.
And impose the Iraqi army and the popular crowd, a security cordon on Fallujah and Ramadi, which are controlled by the organization, and was waiting for an order from al-Abadi to launch the attack on the two cities.
And Anbar province a vast desert area has borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and was the first desert places Find where the militant group has a foothold, before launched an attack on Fallujah, the largest city in the province, and control the beginning of 2014.
Despite the loss of regulation of many areas, which was dominated by the last year in the provinces of Diyala (east), and Nineveh and Salahuddin (North), but it still controls most of the cities and regions of Anbar.
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7/13/15
Iraq announces the launch of the military operation after two months from the control of the Islamic state on the desert province center sprawling.
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi military statement broadcast on state television reported that Iraqi soldiers backed by members of the Shi'ite-dominated factions Dhenwa military operations Monday to regain control of Anbar province, the largest provinces of the country from Islamic militants to organize the state.
The announcement comes about two months after the attack from the control of the jihadist organization to Ramadi, capital of Anbar to simplify their control of the conservative Sunni west of Baghdad.
According to a statement from the joint military command is followed on the official TV "was launched today at the dawn of the fifth edit Anbar operations."
The statement added that the attack was carried out by the army and Shiite factions known as the popular crowd and special forces, police and fighters of the Sunni tribes.
The statement gave no further details but officers in the army and popular leaders in the crowd said that the primary objective will be the city of Fallujah, about 50 kilometers west of Baghdad.
Hadi al-Ameri, commander of the Badr Organization largest Shiite power in the popular crowd Iraqi television Sunday and said he expected to be the main attack in Fallujah after the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Residents in Fallujah and Ramadi reported heavy shelling of the cities early Monday. Security sources said that the militants of the Islamic state organization also fired a number of missiles and bombs on army positions.
The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said last week: "The first phase of the military operations in the province achieved its objectives," stressing the determination of his forces to carry out liberalization of the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah.
And impose the Iraqi army and the popular crowd, a security cordon on Fallujah and Ramadi, which are controlled by the organization, and was waiting for an order from al-Abadi to launch the attack on the two cities.
And Anbar province a vast desert area has borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and was the first desert places Find where the militant group has a foothold, before launched an attack on Fallujah, the largest city in the province, and control the beginning of 2014.
Despite the loss of regulation of many areas, which was dominated by the last year in the provinces of Diyala (east), and Nineveh and Salahuddin (North), but it still controls most of the cities and regions of Anbar.
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