[John Jorsett]

I guess it depends on what one deems 'many,' but I'm skeptical of accounts that claim significant numbers of insurgents have escaped. The U.S. and Iraqi armies spent a couple of months building berms and cutting off potential routes of egress from Tal Afar. The best guess of killed/captured enemy fighters (200/220), combined with the initial estimates of enemy strength (350-500), even if somewhat inaccurate, would indicate that few of the fighters made it out. The city is considered about 80% secured last I heard, so there's probably more enemy still there to deal with.

[anonymoussierra]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Gucho just posted this little note:

Iraqi forces late today trapped insurgents in basement hideouts.