IRAQ - Fight on Islamic State: News #1

US State department wrote:The State Department is sharing new details about the deadly fighting in Ramadi, Iraq, last Sunday, saying the city fell into ISIS hands after the militant group set off 30 suicide car bombs in the city center, 10 of which each were comparable in power to the Oklahoma City truck bomb of 1995.

The explosions took out “entire city blocks,” said a senior State Department official who spoke to reporters at the State Department Wednesday on condition that he not be named. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, or VBIEDs, were able to gain access to the city center after an armored bulldozer plowed through T-wall barricades lining the city's critical government buildings, the official said, adding that the same bulldozer was later used as a power VBIED, itself.

Soon after the bombs went off, the Iraqis deployed a reinforcing column into the city center, but they were forced to retreat after coming under heavy enemy fire, the official said. That retreat led to a larger exodus of Iraqi security forces and the civilian populations, leaving the streets looking “barren,” according to this official.

sheytanelkebir wrote:that is a republication of a picture of a tank they destroyed a long time ago. best clue is the fact that the ISIS logo for "wilayat al anbar" has changed.

ISIS seems to have captured 1 Type 69 which is workable.
they destroyed: 1x Abrams, 3x Type 69, 3x T72, 2x M198, 1x GRAD, plus a few trucks, humvees M113s...

Cyberspec wrote:Came across an interesting clip....IS attacking Abrams with Rpg's and what looks like molotov cocktails

higurashihougi wrote:

sheytanelkebir wrote:that is a republication of a picture of a tank they destroyed a long time ago. best clue is the fact that the ISIS logo for "wilayat al anbar" has changed.

ISIS seems to have captured 1 Type 69 which is workable.
they destroyed: 1x Abrams, 3x Type 69, 3x T72, 2x M198, 1x GRAD, plus a few trucks, humvees M113s...

May be this is another pics of that tank:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/igortseselsky/posts/10206745430217799?pnref=story (in Russian, comments about Iraq defeat in Ramadi)

sheytanelkebir wrote:Daesh have captured 3-4 kornet missiles during fighting to the west of baiji. This will be a disaster in the next few weeks for iraqi armour....

flamming_python wrote:Friggin' disaster, what the hell is Iraq doing keeping these weapons where the enemy can access them? And they're in storage to boot, they haven't been used by the Iraqis themselves.

The Kornet-Es are hardly needed against ISIS; just evacuate them to the rear.

flamming_python wrote:Friggin' disaster, what the hell is Iraq doing keeping these weapons where the enemy can access them? And they're in storage to boot, they haven't been used by the Iraqis themselves.

The Kornet-Es are hardly needed against ISIS; just evacuate them to the rear.

iraqidabab wrote:The problem is they will not send any ground troops in Iraq if they decide to attack us, they will employ their F-15s and Eurofighter typhoons, and we can only stop that with air defenses and jets. It's unlikely this will happen anytime soon but it certainly means preparing a capable air deterrence is not a luxury anymore, it's necessity.

As for the technicians in Jordan, MoD article denied it and it's unlikely to happen even if he tries to sabotage. But yes we have many sabotaging animals in gov.

mack8 wrote:Every intact aircraft that were captured in the 2003 invasion have been either vandalized, sent to US and/or melted. Iraq could have had a decent size air force just by refurbishing and overhauling those surviving aircraft (a few MiG-25 also survived, plus perhaps a half a dozen to a dozen each of Mirages, Su-22, Su-25, MiG-23, MiG-21, L-39, couple dozen helicopters of various types etc.) if they wouldn't have been destroyed by the americans (obviously one of the reasons being to force the iraqis to spend billions on american monkey model junk like F-16).