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ISIS has easily swept the Iraqi army from Anbar province in the southwest of Iraq as well as much of northern Iraq and then blunted attempts by the Iraqi government to retake cities.
The Kurdish peshmerga was expected to be a more formidable force, but they have also lost ground to ISIS, including the vital Mosul dam, in recent days.
It is not clear whether either the peshmerga or the ISF (Iraq Security Force) can prevent ISIS from seizing villages and outlying infrastructure that ISIS desires to control, said Jessica Lewis, the research director at the Institpatagonia hats free shippingute of the Study of War.
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ISIS is strategically dividing the military forces of the ISF and the peshmerga in order to compromise their defenses and prevent them from mounting effective offensive campaigns, Lewis told ABC News.
But the problems go deeper than coordination, particularly with the Iraqi army.
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Barbero said that the peshmerga, which roughly translates to mean those who face death, have the guts to fight, but theypatagonia everlong review wireless router have very little ammunition. Barbero speaks with Kurdish officials regularly and said that he was told they lost conpatagonia freeport maine new yearstrol of the Mosul dam because patagonia guide jacket brandthey ran out of bullets.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Friday, The Kurdish forces have played a critical role in addressing this threat. We understand their need for additional arms and equipment, and are working to provide those as well so they are reinforced. So we are bringing a lot of firepower topatagonia better sweater 5k2 bear against this threat, mainly by helping the Iraqis.
The former military source told ABC that the Peshmerga are strengthened by their dedication to their cause.
