Iraq unable to counter ISIS, even with US help

Submitted by Michael S (United States), May 4, 2016 at 02:48

Hi, Peter. This ought to partly answer the question you posed:

"Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV killed in Iraq after ISIS breaks through Peshmerga lines
By Barbara Starr and Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 12:44 AM ET, Wed May 4, 2016
Navy Seal Killed Charlie Keating IV pkg_00001228

-- http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/03/politics/us-service-member-killed-iraq-mosul/

The Peshmerga have been some of our most reliable allies in Iraq, yet they were unable to protect and American advisor from a company-sized ISIL attack. The central government in Iraq, meanwhile, is struggling to maintain its existence against Moktada Al-Sadr's Shi'ite militias:

-- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44574.htm
-- http://rudaw.net/english/interview/03052016

For the forseeable future, ISIS will continue to have a pretty clear field in Iraq.

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