[Zhang Fei]

The Iranian Quds probably have a more liberal interpretation of their rules of engagment than we do. Particularly when dealing with “civilians.”

Every Iraqi household is armed with AK-47's and possibly even RPG's. Cities are death traps for infantry operating without air and artillery support. A light infantry force of several battalions like the one in the article would be pinned down all the time and shot to hell in a city of hundreds of thousands like Tikrit.

[redgolum]

Except those same conditions don’t seem to be stopping the jihadis.