Iraqi Army Retakes Takrit, Volunteer Leader Hails Iran’s Unconditioned Support
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The commander of the Iraqi volunteer forces has hailed Iran's assistance to the Arab country in the fight against "ISIL" Takfiri terrorist group.
Ameri, who also heads the Badr Organization political party, lashed out at the US for failing to fulfill its earlier promises to provide Baghdad with military assistance in the fight against Takfiri terrorists.
He stressed that receiving weaponry and military assistance from the US should not take place at the expense of sacrificing Iraq's sovereignty, censuring those who "kiss the hands of the Americans and get nothing in return."
"Our sovereignty is more important than US weapons... We can bring weapons from any country in the world," Ameri stated.
Also on Friday, an Iraqi police colonel said the Iraqi army and volunteer forces have regained half of Tikrit from the Takfiri militants following heavy firefight in the strategic city.
Meanwhile, a top leader from the Iraqi Badr movement forces, Karim al-Nuri, confirmed that it would take no more than "72 hours" to flush out holdout "ISIL" fighters.
The Popular Mobilization units account for the bulk of the manpower involved in the two-week-old operation to wrest back Tikrit, alongside army, police, and tribal forces.
The last "ISIL" fighters holed up in the city center are "surrounded from all sides", Nuri said.
Nuri added that the liberation of Tikrit would only be announced once a path has been cleared through the thousands of bombs the terrorists have planted to defend the city.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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