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The toughest fight now really starts - and the Iraqi Army has replenished its forces for the next assaults into the city west of the river. But those Iraqi hopes mentioned that those IS forces fighting will flee does indicate something - does show a determination to underestimate their enemy.. and provide them with a psychological advantage they did not have...
'Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) units resumed their advance in western Mosul on April 11 after a 19-day pause. CTS units are advancing along two axes. The northern advance will link up with the 9th Iraqi Army (IA) Armored Division conducting clearing operations northwest of the city. Additional CTS units are encircling the Old City toward the sector’s northern boundary. CTS Commander Abdul Ghani al-Assadi indicated his troops may open a corridor north of the Old City in hopes that ISIS militants will flee the Old City rather than fight in the dense complex
'Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) units resumed their advance in western Mosul on April 11 after a 19-day pause. CTS units are advancing along two axes. The northern advance will link up with the 9th Iraqi Army (IA) Armored Division conducting clearing operations northwest of the city. Additional CTS units are encircling the Old City toward the sector’s northern boundary. CTS Commander Abdul Ghani al-Assadi indicated his troops may open a corridor north of the Old City in hopes that ISIS militants will flee the Old City rather than fight in the dense complex
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Posted from understandingwar.org
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LTC Eric Udouj I think this is an advantage ISIS has had over the regular Iraqi army from the beginning. It always seems like they don't really want to fight & hope that the threat of a fight will scare all enemies off. Is that a remnant of days of yore (Saddam's army?) where they were just about the biggest, baddest in the region?
Given that terrorism is the base tactic for ISIS, they easily take advantage of any belief that their opponent faces - especially one where they hope they don't have to fight because they think the ISIS fighters will run. I'm wondering what past event has made the regular Iraqi army think that the ISIS fighter is a turncoat & will run at the first sign of struggle?
Given that terrorism is the base tactic for ISIS, they easily take advantage of any belief that their opponent faces - especially one where they hope they don't have to fight because they think the ISIS fighters will run. I'm wondering what past event has made the regular Iraqi army think that the ISIS fighter is a turncoat & will run at the first sign of struggle?
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LTC Eric Udouj
I was wondering WHO in the Iraqi forces came up with the idea, which is an item used to boost Iraqi forces morale, and yet has no basis. Had they focused it directly on the "militia" fighting for IS, maybe it would be something... but instead it allows the IS commander an advantage he did not have. It does not seem to look at how does one's enemy define victory or how they define defeat and so it goes on.
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