BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen on Sunday broke a six-week siege imposed by the Islamic State extremist group on the northern Shiite Turkmen town of Amirli, following U.S. airstrikes against the Sunni militants’ positions, officials said.
Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi said the operation started at dawn Sunday and the forces entered the town shortly after midday.
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Did our forces help? It would be nice to know.
Iraqi forces? Where have they been? Were they waiting on the cavalry, US?
This brief blurb said they broke through following US airstrikes against ISIS positions. As far as I’m concerned, every politician who criticizes Obama for not doing enough with American forces is a posturing twit or has a hidden agenda.