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Iraqi Volunteer Forces Blame US Coalition for Destroying Ramadi

© REUTERS / Stringer An Iraqi security forces vehicle is seen in the city of Ramadi, January 3, 2016. Picture taken January 3, 2016
An Iraqi security forces vehicle is seen in the city of Ramadi, January 3, 2016. Picture taken January 3, 2016 - Sputnik International
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A spokesman for the Iraqi volunteer forces reportedly hit out at the US-led coalition for destroying the city of Ramadi under the pretext of targeting Daesh positions.

A tank of the Iraqi security forces is seen in Ramadi December 24, 2015 - Sputnik International
Iraq in Flames: US Destroyed Ramadi to 'Save' It
Karim al-Nouri, spokesman for the Iraqi volunteer forces pointed the finger at the US-led coalition for obliterating the city of Ramadi under the pretext of targeting Daesh positions, also known as the Islamic State group (ISIL/ISIS), according to media reports. 

"The US-led coalition has destroyed 80 percent of Ramadi city. The scenario for the destruction of the Kurdish city of Kobani in Northern Syria is being repeated in Ramadi again," he said.

Describing the destruction of Ramadi as a tragedy, Al-Nouri lamented the fact that the US-led warplanes target and obliterate a whole building completely in order to hunt down just one Daesh sniper.

© AFP 2023 / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEIraqi security forces place the Iraqi flag above the Islamic State group flag as they pose for a picture on December 28, 2015 in front of the Anbar police headquarters after they recaptured the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad
Iraqi security forces place the Iraqi flag above the Islamic State group flag as they pose for a picture on December 28, 2015 in front of the Anbar police headquarters after they recaptured the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad - Sputnik International
Iraqi security forces place the Iraqi flag above the Islamic State group flag as they pose for a picture on December 28, 2015 in front of the Anbar police headquarters after they recaptured the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad

His remarks came more than two weeks after another commander of the Iraqi volunteer forces revealed a US plot to evacuate Daesh leaders from Ramadi city amid efforts by the Iraqi army and popular troops to finalize victory over the jihadist group.

Haidar al-Hosseini said at the time that the delay in operations to liberate Ramadi is the result of the US interference.

According to him, "it seems that the US intends to evacuate the ISIL terrorist group's infamous ringleaders secretly [by helicopter] from Ramadi to unknown places."

A member of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service walks with his weapon on December 28, 2015 in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. - Sputnik International
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Ramadi had been occupied by Daesh militants since May 2015.

The Iraqi army announced in late December that it had regained full control over the western Iraqi city. Anbar province authorities and US Secretary of State John Kerry later clarified that Ramadi had not yet been fully reclaimed.

Commander of Iraq's anti-terrorism contingent Lt. Gen. Abdul-Ghani Asadi told Sputnik Sunday that parts of Ramadi remaining under Daesh control should be fully liberated in four to five days.

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