The Common Ills: One military succeeds, the other flounders

A suicide bomber has struck in Ramadi. BBC News reports that the bomber took his own life as well as the lives of Iraqi General Abdel Rahman Abu Ragheef and Brigadier Safeen Abdel Majeed as well as three other people.

And to think, the three months and counting operation was getting so little attention but today, thanks to that awful news, Haider al-Abadi's failed mission is back in the news.

Mu Xuequan (Xinhua) notes that the Islamic State has claimed credit for the bombing:

The extremist group gave different account about the attack, saying that it was carried out by four of its suicide bombers driving explosive-laden vehicles and two supporting militants with heavy machine guns who targeted the main headquarters of the provincial operations command in north of Ramadi, the statement said.
All of its six militants were killed along with killing dozens of officers and soldiers, including Staff Major General Abdul-Rahaman Abu Raghif, deputy commander of Anbar provincial Operations Command, and Staff Brig. Gen. Sefien Abdul-Majid, commander of the Army's Tenth Division, said the group which the authenticity of its statement could not be independently verified.

The statement gave the names of the IS attackers, whom their names showed that they are from Tunisia, Gaza Strip, Tajikistan, Germany, Saudi Arab and Syria.

Now it's not all military failures in Iraq.

Yesterday brought news of multiple villages allegedly being liberated from the control of the Islamic State. Isabel Coles and Raissa Kasolowky (Reuters) reported that the Kurdish military -- with assist from US bombers -- had liberated ten villages in Kirkuk.

But, again, that was the Kurdish forces.

They're not under Haider al-Abadi's control.

The forces under Haider's control are noted for repeat failures. In fact, their only real 'success' tends to be in the pillaging aspect they try to down play.

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