30.05.2016 - Irák: irácké jednotky vstoupily do Fallúdže

After a few daily intensive air raids entered iraqi ground troops into Fallujah. There are quite hard to fight, leaving IS out of the ordinary fighters deploys suicide bombers. In addition, the IS has carried out recently a series of terrorist attacks in the iraqi facilities, including Baghdad. ISIS controls Fallujah since the beginning of 2014 (see. Iraqi offshoot of al-Qaeda took control of the city of Fallujah). The iraqis concentrated on this operation on 20 000 troops available they also have a counter-terrorism unit and the shiite militia. Attacking in three different directions. Strength IS estimated at 2,000 men. The problem may be that the population of Fallujah is sunni, and the operation would, especially if the "keep at bay" the shia militias could turn into sectarian violence.

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During the air assaults during the capture of Fallujah, Aero L-159A ALCA aircraft were deployed for the first time.


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