Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. That’s the situation for Islamic State fighters still left holed up in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where the U.S. military says airstrikes over the past week have killed fifty percent of their forces.
According to official reports, about 350 Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Ramadi have been found and killed by U.S. airstrikes — approximately half the number of jihadists defending the city.
ISIS took Ramadi seven months ago, and is currently being pushed back from the city by U.S. airstrikes and Iraqi ground troops.
Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad, tells reporters at the Pentagon that despite these losses, ISIS defenders are still clinging to much of central Ramadi.
Warren says Iraqi government forces are advancing slowly because they face booby traps and mines.
Separately, Defense Secretary Ash Carter says Iraqi progress in retaking Ramadi has been “disappointingly slow.” He’s declining to predict how long the fight will last, but says he has no doubt Ramadi will fall.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Well now, that’s good news for a change–but will it last or is it just a sop to those demanding that something be done about the hoodlums in ISIS?
Why do I not believe this report-? Ash Carter has proven himself to as big a liar as Barack INSANE Obama. I think they are blowing smoke at us.
You just believe what you want to believe and nothing else. You don’t really care about the truth
There has never been any truth from the Osama administration. This is all typical, liberal media BULLSHIT.
Love that middle name for Obamy
lol.Yeah right!I think it’s Russia that’s laying waste to ISIS.
Yjust might be right . as we cannot trust anyone in this communist administration.
I agree. I don’t believe anyone in this administration. It’s all lies.
So true!! It is difficult for me to believe this actually is true!!! They are all liars!!
With the Russians showing their hand, they had to start making some progress.
Hopefully all of ISIS will soon be with Mohammad and “enjoying” their eternal reward.
What kind of a ground force cannot rout out a force as small as 700 in a city, booby traps or not, in a timely manner? Sorry, We can’t count on Iraqi Shia forces to get the job done. I bet the Kurds and Sunnis would have it done by now. N o thanks to Obama, we appear to be using effective air support, or so it seems. Our media is not a reliable source of the truth these days.
ISIS is the Sunnis.
USA no longer stands for thruthfulness.
It is very sad, but true.
Barak Insane Obama…ROFLMBO!
Don’t believe a word of this! Obama is leaving leaflets out before he bombs any area that is believed to have ISIS to warn them to leave the area. What a waste of money and what a disgrace for a president. He must be arrested and tried for treason and all unlawful acts against our Constituion! The death penalty is too good for this imposter. He deserves intense pain by cutting him in pieces one by one..let the traitor feel for what he has done. We should bring back lynching as well and end it by hanging him by the beads he calls b****. He must pay severely for what he has done to this once great nation.