Thursday, a US led coalition hit ISIS hard. The strike was directed
towards the Iraqi city, Tikrit. This attack hit seventeen locations around this
pivotal city. This attack was made to hit several locations that were crucial
to ISIS operations and movement into and out of the city. In the midst of the
attack, the US strike destroyed an ISIS command outpost, three ISIS
checkpoints, two bridges, two staging areas and multiple roadblocks positioned
around the city. One goal of this attack was to corner ISIS and clear a path
for Iraqi ground troops to advance and the town and clear out the remaining members
of the terrorist group. This attack is said to be the beginning of a number of
attacks from the Iraqi and coalition airstrike attacks. The Iraqi forces have
made multiple attempts to take the town by themselves and have failed every
attempt. Because the Iraqis lack sufficient technological advancements, they
were not able to strike the key locations the needed and they were not able to
strike with enough force. After every failed attempt the members of the
terrorist group would move and set up in different locations so that the Iraqis
would never know exactly where they were. The plan is that after multiple attacks
in different key locations, the terrorist group will be weak enough for the
Iraqi troops to take back The Iraq city, Mosul. If successful, it will be a
turning point in the war against terror for Iraq.
Analysis
This new type of attack might be just what everyone needs to
finally start making some progress towards eliminating the threat of ISIS.
Instead of widespread attacks in several locations, an all-out blitzkrieg in one
location at a time could completely eliminate them one city at a time. With this
attack finally being successful, the leaders of the Iraqi military might not be
so hesitant to let the powerful US military lead the attack instead of just
playing the support role. If the different militaries start working together as
one, it seems like it will only be a matter of time before the threat of ISIS
has been eradicated.
Jordan Hagens
3/29/2015
10:30
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