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Ramadi Fell to ISIS Fighters Even Though They Were 'Vastly Outnumbered' by Iraqi Troops
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jun 6, 2015, 5:37:41 PM6/6/15
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The city of Ramadi is controlled by “hundreds” of ISIS fighters who were
able to seize the city after Iraqi military commanders ordered the
withdrawal of several thousand Iraqi troops from the city.
That’s according to a U.S. official who also confirmed that the withdrawal
of Iraqi troops from Ramadi may have been prompted by the unexplained
pullout of the elite Iraqi counterterrorism force based in the city.
The pullout of the Iraqi counterterrorism unit from Ramadi first appeared
in the Kurdish news agency Rudaw.
The departure of that elite unit led other Iraqi military commanders in
the city to order the departure of their troops even though they held a
significant numerical superiority, the U.S. official said.
Misunderstanding May Have Led Iraqi Troops to Leave Ramadi
Defense Chief: Iraqis Showed No Will to Fight at Ramadi
White House Offers No Apology for Ash Carter's Comment That Iraqis Lack
‘Will to Fight’
Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Ash Carter criticized the “will to
fight” of Iraqi forces in Ramadi because they withdrew from the city even
though “they vastly outnumbered the opposing force.”
The motivations for the elite unit’s departure remain unknown, the U.S.
official said, but it was another reason provided by American officials as
to why thousands of Iraqi security forces left the city.
Taken together, it appears the fall of Ramadi was due to a domino effect
of circumstances.
Officials said last week that ISIS fighters launched more than 30 car
bombs inside Ramadi in an effort to take over the city where fighting has
been raging for more than a year and a half.
The attacks came at the same time as a sandstorm that affected ground
operations. The storm also led the Iraqi commander on the ground to
mistakenly believe that the sandstorm would prevent coalition airstrikes
from supporting his troops, according to U.S. officials. American
officials have said that the deteriorating weather conditions would not
have affected the ability to conduct airstrikes.
“The Iraqi security forces did not feel that they were supported as they
could have been. They did not feel they had the resources, they did not
feel they were in a position to win,” said Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon
spokesman, speaking broadly about the Iraqi troop pullout from Ramadi.
Iraqi State Television announced today the start of an operation to drive
ISIS out of Anbar Province and retake the provincial capital of Ramadi,
though no details were provided.
“We welcome the news from Prime Minister al Abadi that they will begin a
counteroffensive to retake Ramadi and we will continue to support them,”
Warren said.
American officials said the Iraqi offensive to retake Ramadi had not yet
begun. One U.S. official said the expectation is that it will begin in a
matter of days.
The Iraqi offensive will include a mix of Iraqi military forces serving
alongside 3,000 militia forces, known as the Popular Mobilization Forces,
that have gathered in Habbaniyah outside of Ramadi.
Warren described “shaping operations” by the Iraqi military “to secure
lines of communications, secure key road junctures and intersections and
secure terrain prior to a full-on offensive.”
While the offensive had not yet begun, he said there had been clashes
outside the city between forward elements of ISIS and Iraqi military
forces, who are “both moving forward to conduct reconnaissance and probe
each other’s positions."
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outnumbered-iraqi-troops/story?id=31322017
The city of Ramadi is controlled by “hundreds” of ISIS fighters who were
able to seize the city after Iraqi military commanders ordered the
withdrawal of several thousand Iraqi troops from the city.
That’s according to a U.S. official who also confirmed that the withdrawal
of Iraqi troops from Ramadi may have been prompted by the unexplained
pullout of the elite Iraqi counterterrorism force based in the city.
The pullout of the Iraqi counterterrorism unit from Ramadi first appeared
in the Kurdish news agency Rudaw.
The departure of that elite unit led other Iraqi military commanders in
the city to order the departure of their troops even though they held a
significant numerical superiority, the U.S. official said.
Misunderstanding May Have Led Iraqi Troops to Leave Ramadi
Defense Chief: Iraqis Showed No Will to Fight at Ramadi
White House Offers No Apology for Ash Carter's Comment That Iraqis Lack
‘Will to Fight’
Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Ash Carter criticized the “will to
fight” of Iraqi forces in Ramadi because they withdrew from the city even
though “they vastly outnumbered the opposing force.”
The motivations for the elite unit’s departure remain unknown, the U.S.
official said, but it was another reason provided by American officials as
to why thousands of Iraqi security forces left the city.
Taken together, it appears the fall of Ramadi was due to a domino effect
of circumstances.
Officials said last week that ISIS fighters launched more than 30 car
bombs inside Ramadi in an effort to take over the city where fighting has
been raging for more than a year and a half.
The attacks came at the same time as a sandstorm that affected ground
operations. The storm also led the Iraqi commander on the ground to
mistakenly believe that the sandstorm would prevent coalition airstrikes
from supporting his troops, according to U.S. officials. American
officials have said that the deteriorating weather conditions would not
have affected the ability to conduct airstrikes.
“The Iraqi security forces did not feel that they were supported as they
could have been. They did not feel they had the resources, they did not
feel they were in a position to win,” said Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon
spokesman, speaking broadly about the Iraqi troop pullout from Ramadi.
Iraqi State Television announced today the start of an operation to drive
ISIS out of Anbar Province and retake the provincial capital of Ramadi,
though no details were provided.
“We welcome the news from Prime Minister al Abadi that they will begin a
counteroffensive to retake Ramadi and we will continue to support them,”
Warren said.
American officials said the Iraqi offensive to retake Ramadi had not yet
begun. One U.S. official said the expectation is that it will begin in a
matter of days.
The Iraqi offensive will include a mix of Iraqi military forces serving
alongside 3,000 militia forces, known as the Popular Mobilization Forces,
that have gathered in Habbaniyah outside of Ramadi.
Warren described “shaping operations” by the Iraqi military “to secure
lines of communications, secure key road junctures and intersections and
secure terrain prior to a full-on offensive.”
While the offensive had not yet begun, he said there had been clashes
outside the city between forward elements of ISIS and Iraqi military
forces, who are “both moving forward to conduct reconnaissance and probe
each other’s positions."
--
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $18 trillion in the six
years he has been in office.
The only American president to deliberately import a lethal infectious
disease from Africa, Ebola.
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America.
Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
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