Isis is surrounded; will it fight or flee?
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Outgunned, outnumbered, facing overwhelming odds — Islamic State has been here before, but still defeated its enemies.
This time is almost certainly different. The Iraqi army’s spine is stiffened by the jets of a 60-strong western-led coalition, by American and British special forces, Iran-backed Shia militias, and the intensive training it has undergone in the past two years.
Now several thousand jihadists are surrounded by more than 20 brigades of Iraqi special forces, regular army, Kurdish peshmerga and smaller allied militias. Michael Knights, an expert on Iraqi military affairs at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, estimated that the…
This time is almost certainly different. The Iraqi army’s spine is stiffened by the jets of a 60-strong western-led coalition, by American and British special forces, Iran-backed Shia militias, and the intensive training it has undergone in the past two years.
Now several thousand jihadists are surrounded by more than 20 brigades of Iraqi special forces, regular army, Kurdish peshmerga and smaller allied militias. Michael Knights, an expert on Iraqi military affairs at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, estimated that the…
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