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May 19th, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) responded decisively after losing a key leader in a raid last week by U.S. special forces in eastern Syria.
ISIL forces took the key city Ramadi, Iraq during a sandstorm and underscored what some military analysts say is the need for U.S. boots on the ground if the terrorist organization is to be defeated.
Residents flee Ramadi as ISIL forces advance. / Reuters
U.S.-trained Iraqi forces failed to stop the advance calling to mind the conduct of Iraq troops a year ago when they fled from Mosul and northern Iraq in the face of ISIL’s advance.
Significantly, President Obama had ordered the raid in eastern Syria that included Delta Force commandos, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The U.S. forces killed ISIL leader Abu Sayyaf and captured his wife, after a firefight and hand-to-hand combat, U.S. officials said.
After being criticized for relying on drones, surrogates and offers of assistance from Iran to answer the ISIL juggernaut, the Obama administration’s Syria strike was the first to involve U.S. forces on the ground.
“We will take retake Ramadi,â€� the spokesman Col. Steve Warren said. But to do so, some military analysts say the U.S. will have to duplicate the Bush administration’s surge strategy, reported Rowan Scarborough of the Washington Times.
The strategy that involved precision strikes in the waning years of the George W Bush administration would involve combat U.S. troops like those involved in the Syria operation last week, not the military advisors now in place.
“Night raids using JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) direct-action special operations forces are an effective way to put pressure on the ISIL leadership, similar to what was so effective in Iraq and Afghanistan when we averaged eight to 10 a night targeting Al Qaida and Taliban leadership,� said Ret. Army Gen. Jack Keane, who was involved in planning the 2007-2008 troop surge.
“We captured far more than we killed, and the intelligence was invaluable,� he said. “Clearly, we do not have the troops on the ground now in Iraq that would help generate some of the targets, and there are no troops in Syria.�
In the immediate aftermath of the Ramadi defeat, Baghdad moved 3,000 Shi’ite militia, known as Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilization, to a base near Ramadi and the U.S. increased the number of airstrikes on ISIL forces near Ramadi, with 19 raids launched in 72 hours, according to a coalition spokesman.
Sen. Ted Cruz has proposed an alternative approach that would involve arming and training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.
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