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SIS was fantastic at executing those operations with basically the equivalent of 2 squads of dudes hitting the CP hard and breaching with RPGs and satchel style charges. Some of those attacks began with a SDM taking out one or two guys on the roof and pinning down the fortified MG positions, then they wen hey little diddle up the middle and popped the Army at close range.

I don't care who you are, I don't need no Army dude explaining light infantry tactics to me.

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When they re consolidate their only option will be to rejoin the Government forces and copy the tactics used against them. I also expect to see a lot of bombs being used to cut off egress routes around Tal Afar and West Mosul.

Do you think the Iraqi army will actually try to take back the territory or are the content with just holding Baghdad and the South?

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I could do without the head cutting stuff though. little over the top for me.

Agreed. I draw the line at pissing on the enemy dead.

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Posted by MrCarton

Paradise Valley, MT

Member since Dec 2009

20231 posts

Posted on 6/23/14 at 3:10 pm to GeauxxxTigers23

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I don't care who you are, I don't need no Army dude explaining light infantry tactics to me.

Quote of the year bro!

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Do you think the Iraqi army will actually try to take back the territory or are the content with just holding Baghdad and the South?

Hard to tell, none of my boys have call me from Baghdad and given me an update yet. I strongly suspect that Mosul and Tal Afar ill be primary targets to be reclaimed. As it stands now ISIS has every meaningful HSAOA in the north and west and that means they can hole up and resupply whenever they want. Like intimidation recruiting campaigns and inter marriage ASAP. The baathist power players are most likely east of Mosul in :::GASP::: Kurdistan waiting for the right moment to reconcile. Kurds will likely get full control over Kirkuk our of this deal, which I assume they planned all along.