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50,000 Civilians Reportedly Trapped Inside Fallujah as Iraqi Forces Surround ISIS Stronghold
Fox News ^
| May 28 2016
Posted on 05/28/2016 7:02:46 PM PDT by drewh
Over 50,000 civilians are reportedly trapped inside ISIS-controlled Fallujah as Iraqi forces surround the town and prepare for an all-out assault on one of the militant's last major strongholds in the country.
The Iraqi forces have been backed by air power from the U.S.-led coalition. It is believed that between 500-700 ISIS fighters remain in the city.
"Our troops are now in the process of surrounding the city from all (sides)," said Lt. General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, the head of the counterterrorism forces' Fallujah operation. "By doing so, we will besiege the city of Fallujah in full. And then we will start storming city from several directions with new forces."
Al Jazeera reported that conditions in the city, under ISIS control since 2014, have deteriorated as fighting between the militants and Iraqi forces has intensified in the past few days.
Some residents have been evacuated, but ISIS checkpoints on the main roads has made it nearly impossible for others to flee the city, Al Jazeera reported.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dejavu; fallujah; fallujahdejavu; iraqwar; obamafail
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:02:46 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: drewh
Blow up every checkpoint. Then evacuate the city.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:06:13 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Her name is no longer is Hillary. It's Hilarity. Try it on for size, it's fun to say)
To: drewh
ISIS checkpoints?Identify and obliterate.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:06:13 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
To: Farmer Dean
this is the same administration that warned the truck drivers running oil for Isis before they were targeted...
4
posted on
05/28/2016 7:08:50 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: drewh
Yeah, the ISIS bastards are using many of the civilians as human shields.
They should be made to rue the day.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:09:57 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: drewh
God bless and protect them.
"7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked." (Psalm 91:7-8)
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:10:04 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: drewh
Civilians = Islamists.....
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:10:15 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
To: drewh
The blood is on obama’s hands for giving up this city that was won with so many American lives.
To: drewh
So now this major offensive will be halted.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:21:07 PM PDT
by
stocksthatgoup
(GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to youGo to trumps websites look a)
To: drewh
B-52 the whole city. Don’t leave two stones stacked on one another. Where is Curtis LeMay now that we need him. Let the Muslim civilians “shelter in place”.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:21:10 PM PDT
by
batterycommander
(Surrounded? Relax and call for artillery.)
To: Navy Patriot
For starters make em eat their own genitals. They are hyperfocused on crotches there - amazingly just like our own libtards here, like the universe revolves around their junk - so its kind of a fitting horrific start on the road to allah for them.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:21:49 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: clintonh8r
Obama has never been held responsible for his own actions, which have hurt millions of people. His decisions had many negative consequences.
To: clintonh8r
Amen to that.It makes my blood boil and he pays no price for his cowardly act.
To: drewh
How many were trapped there when ISIS took it over?
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:27:25 PM PDT
by
piasa
To: drewh
Nobody cared when isis was approaching the city. Now liberators have seen surrounded and we hear this.
The powers behind isis don’t want them attacked effectively.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:28:26 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
To: drewh
More like held as human shields.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:31:31 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: DesertRhino
The powers behind isis dont want them attacked effectively. Saudis. Hopefully President Trump nukes them on the anniversary of 9/11.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:31:45 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(If Trump is the answer, then congratulations, you didn't puke out a leftarded question.)
To: Paladin2
Civilians = Human beings who aren't ISIS dogs
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:34:41 PM PDT
by
sargon
(You're either with Trump, or you're with Hillary.)
To: drewh
Iraqi soldiers to the rescue? Hard to believe. Muslims against Muslims, nothing will change as long as the foundation is the false religion of Islam, aka, Mahomet's rape, child abuse, thievery, murder, and epileptic playground.
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:36:22 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: sargon
The residents of Faluja have had almost a decade to get themselves straight. By not leaving or fighting SIS, we know where they stand....
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posted on
05/28/2016 7:38:53 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
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