Are numbered, possibly in the single digits. Reporter employing a floating plank like this, they began to close in on the busy center where they face house house combat against dugin i. S. I. L. Fighters. Back in may i. S. I. L. Took ramadi with shocking ease, routing a force with just over 1000 attackers. Months of Coalition Bombing and lowlevel ground attacks have whittled the i. S. I. L. Attackers down to 350 or fewer, while the iraqi numbers over 10,000. It is backed by u. S. Air pour which was killed hundreds of i. S. I. L. Fighters in baghdad. I think the end is coming. That said, it is going to be a tough fight. Reporter for months iraqi forces skewed a plan drafted by the u. S. Have been slowly surrounding ramadi, culting off supply lines. For u. S. Commanders, the pace of the campaign has been slow, especially since the Prime Minister has refused to accept help in the form of u. S. Attack helicopters that could provide air cover in tight area. It is tough to support somebody,
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