Iraq's war against IS terrorism | Updates and Discussions

[Al-Kurdi]

IS are getting crushed in Sadia/Jalawla by Peshmerga and Iraqi Forces but I am not sure if we are yet to see the main battle over the areas.

 

[lowish]

IS are getting crushed in Sadia/Jalawla by Peshmerga and Iraqi Forces but I am not sure if we are yet to see the main battle over the areas.

Things gets hard for IS when Iran gets directly invovled

 

[Al-Kurdi]

Things gets hard for IS when Iran gets directly invovled

Iran wasn't involved atleast not from the Kurdish front, neither were PKK fighters. IS have been expulsed from both towns and the surroundings, the real issues is what will happen now between Kurds and Iraqis

 

[Serpentine]

Reports that both towns of Saadiya and Jaloula are liberated by ISF, Peshmerga and Shia volunteers.

 

[Dalit]

Iraq has literally become a game of thrones. Never was Iraq so unstable. May I say, not even under Saddam. Various ethnic and religious factions are at each others throat. Shia's blame Sunni's and vice versa. Before the invasion, Iraq had not a single suicide attack or factions killing each other. AQ/ISIL were non-existent. Animosity may have existed, but it was certainly incomparable to this bloodshed.

The Americans should never have unilaterally invaded Iraq. This has become crystal clear now. The instability can be attributed to the unplanned invasion. It has since left a vacuum which others are trying to fill. Iraq is today paying a very bloody price for the failures during the toppling of Saddam. The world powers that are responsible for this mess must be rubbing their hands.

 

[usernameless]

The instability can be attributed to the unplanned invasion.

or it was the plan all along. If simple folks like us can foresee instability and increasing sectarian issues once there is vacuum after such an invasion, surely the intelligence of the US knew it as well. Add on top that the Americans themselves closed down the sunni Baath party and knowingly handed over the country to Maliki, sectarian shia, raises even more questions about their sincerity when they talk about a 'democratic and free Iraq'.

 

[Serpentine]

or it was the plan all along. If simple folks like us can foresee instability and increasing sectarian issues once there is vacuum after such an invasion, surely the intelligence of the US knew it as well. Add on top that the Americans themselves closed down the sunni Baath party and knowingly handed over the country to Maliki, sectarian shia, raises even more questions about their sincerity when they talk about a 'democratic and free Iraq'.

To give you an idea, Maliki, good or bad, was elected by Iraqis, not 'installed' by U.S. It's like saying Erdogan is installed by U.S or Martians. Good or bad, he also is elected by Turks.

 

[atatwolf]

ah ok so you think that either you're God or India is a master in the region
you have the position to decide who deserves to get that or that
and by the way if you were enough reading the topic, kurds came after many other. they are not owners of the lands they live in . they should live with other in respect of other (and other should respect them).
if you want to support the ethnic ideology (like the nazis did in the past , for exemple) that's your choice but don't , then, consider yourself as a champion of morality and giving lessons on a topic , saying who deserves or not .
thx

Kinda getting sick of outsiders telling the countries in the region how they should conduct their business. All the misery started in the mid-east because of interference of outside and now they still think they know what is best for the region. The Kurds are the weakest link in the mid-east so they will use them to start new wars. The Kurds should remind themselves they will only be used as cannon fodder for western interests and a lot of Kurds will die. They should be sure about that.

 

[Al-Kurdi]

Peshmerga and Shiite militias vie for control of liberated town
By RUDAW 19 minutes ago

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Peshmerga forces have asked the Shiite Badr brigade to handover the control of Saadiya in northern Diyala to the Kurds a day after the town was liberated from Islamist militants, a Peshmerga spokesman said.

“There is the Badr brigade in Saadiya now and we need to negotiate with them in order to take the town back from that militia force,” Brigadier Ahmed Latif, Peshmerga spokesperson in the area told Rudaw.

“They [Shiite militia] helped the Peshmerga in taking back the town,” Latif added.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a massive attack on the Islamic State (ISIS) in Jalawla and Saadiya in the early hours of Sunday morning in which 20 Peshmerga fighters were killed and 49 others were wounded.

“Many ISIS militants were killed but most of their bodies are lost under the rubble or drowned in Sirwan River,” said Latif.

Shiite militia leaders claimed to have played a major role in the offensive, but on Monday the Ministry of Peshmerga said that both towns were “liberated only by the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.”

“In Saadiya Iraqi federal troops took part in the offensive, too” Jabar Yawar, Peshmerga ministry chief of staff said in a statement.

The Kurdish Peshmerga and Shiite militias have clashed on a few occasions in the past in Tuz Khurmatu and Amerli where militia groups maintain a heavy presence.

Meanwhile, Anwar Hussein, the mayor of Jalawla urged residents of both towns to “not hurry in returning to their homes until all bombs and explosives have been cleared by the special teams.”

 

[Al-Kurdi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/536972500308328448

 

[Al-Kurdi]

Kurdish forces kill tens of ISIS foreign fighters near Mosul dam
By RUDAW 1 hour ago

AFP file of Peshmerga fighters near Mosul.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Kurdish military commanders said that their forces killed 124 Islamic State (ISIS) fighters, including seven leaders near the Mosul Dam today.

“ISIS fighters launched a wide scale attack on the Peshmerga positions today, in Sahlij village and Ein Mani'a west of the Mosul dam, but the Peshmerga forces confronted them and repelled the attacks,” said a senior military commander in the area.

The commander said that among the killed are seven ISIS leaders and that the bodies of 70 dead militants are in the hands of the Peshmerga forces.

According to the Peshmerga, most of the militants who were killed today were of Uzbek and Chechen nationality.

The Kurdish commander named the ISIS leaders as: Abu Bilal, Abu Baraa al-Turki, Abu Akram al-Turki, Abu Muslim al-Turki, Abu Sumaya al-Turki, Abu Abdul Hmaid al-Turki and Muhamad Rasul Beg al Masri.

Only two Peshmerga fighters were wounded in the attack, according to the commander.

Today’s confrontations were the second attack by the Islamic group against the Peshmerga in the last 24 hours.

On Tuesday ISIS militants, including two suicide bombers attacked the Kurdish positions near the dam, but they were repelled, leaving several dead behind.

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

Australia's Air Force refueling above Iraq in the fight against ISIS.

 

[Alshawi1234]

Diyala is now nearly 100 % free of IS with the exception of a few towns and villages in the district of Moqdadia.

Operation lasted 2 weeks, included the liberation of sadiyah, jalawla, uzaim dam, Qura taba as well as a series of towns and the highway connecting these towns.

Iraqi forces and volunteers recently clear up , Himreen mountain range and Himreen lake, as well as the district of Qura taba.

Some videos of the recent operations.
Operations in Qura taba.

From sadiyah.

 

[Alshawi1234]

Chechnian fighter captured.

 

[Alshawi1234]

IS launched two large scale attacks against the peshmerga in Mosul dam and west Kirkuk (tel alward). The two attacks failed and resulted in the death and injury of over 200 IS militants, most of the casualties caused by airstrikes.