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Military clearly has proven to be rather inept, if you will. they really need backup. the only backup realistically is going to come from those iranian backed shiite militias and that could represent a major problem with the sunni majority in the anbar province. talk about that. well that s true. a slight glimmer of light about that today, wolf when the iraqi prime minister haider al abadi suggested they would potentially seek to arm the sunni tribes of anbar. they ve long wanted weapons but it s been the shia government in baghdad slow, in fact, obstructive to put those in their hand but yes, those iranian backed shia militia certainly complicated incohesive force, names perhaps familiar from the fight in iraq the baathist organization groups which fought against the u.s. and now are fighting together in what s called the al shabbi the ....
And the coalition right after we invaded, right after the invasion back in 03 and for various reasons were released and they now are professional soldiers providing the backbone of the leadership in the formations that isis is showing in battle. so it s clearly not just the ragtag group of terrorists. not at all. sophisticated in their military capability why they took over mosul, a city of 2 million and have been able to retain it over the past year. now they have ramadi a city of a half million people and presumably that fight will continue. what s going to be the role of these iranian backed shiite militias? will they come in and help the iraqi military try to retake this city of ramadi? wolf it s complicated, but the only ones that are showing up in battle are the shia militia. the qods force, mujahedeen used to be a terrorist organization that the united states labelled as a terrorist organization so the badder corps, these are ....
For iraq for the u.s. for the coalition? wolf right now there is no new plan by the u.s. no new plan by the u.s. military. air strikes will continue we re told but again, this is an urban area so air strikes into a city are very tough business because of the risk of civilian casualties. no additional u.s. troops on the ground no real new plan. the idea is to make the iraqis more capable, to go back in and do it. there is going to be by all accounts a lot of reliance on the shia militias gathering in the desert perhaps to try to go back in to this sunni majority city and also sunni tribes that are seeking arms so they can go fight. that s a sectarian cauldron but right now it looks like it is going to have to be a ground fight. the u.s. will advise but the u.s. not changing its plan air strikes only wolf. nick the problem with the ground fight is that the iraqi ....