The Gentleman Warrior

11 Jan 2014

The Retaking of Fallujah.
gunrunnerhell:
Showdown
With the infamous city of Fallujah being captured by Al-Qaeda linked insurgents, the Iraqi Special Operation Forces are now set to attempt what will undoubtedly be a bloody battle to recapture it.
ISOF are the most well equipped and trained counter-terrorism unit in the Middle East. They are also one of the most feared military forces in the region.
According to retired Lt. Col. Roger Carstens;
US Special Forces are “building the most powerful force in the region.” In 2008 Carstens, then a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, was an adviser to the Iraqi National Counter-Terror Force, where he helped set up the Iraqi counterterrorism laws that govern the ISOF.
“All these guys want to do is go out and kill bad guys all day,” he says, laughing. “These guys are shit hot. They are just as good as we are. We trained ‘em. They are just like us. They use the same weapons. They walk like Americans.”
[Will be watching, along with the greater part of the rest of the civilized world, to see what ensues here. Big talk is one thing, making good on it both efficiently and effectively with little to no collateral damage is something else entirely. -R]

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