Fallujah's Liberation

FALLUJAH, IRAQ, The 5th of JUNE 2016."nAt the head of the advance on the road entering in Fallujah, special forces as a large autonomy and react freely."n(The 5th of June, the Golden Division entered the first houses of Fallujah, those of the south part of the city. On the 23rd of May, the Special Forces began the offensive against Fallujah, real matrix of the Islamic State Organization. During this two weeks progression through the villages of the Anbar desert that surround the former stronghold of the Sunnite insurrection, the Golden Division had to deal with a minefield full of tunnels, car bombs and suicidal attacks."nSo far, its enemy has been unconventional and invisible. On the 400 men of the 4 battalions engaged on the two weeks old advance, 9 died and 30 were wounded )"nPhoto Laurent Van der Stockt / Getty Reportage"n"nFallouja, Irak, Le 5 juin 2016."nLes groupes de têtes disposent d"u2019une large autonomie. Dans la dernière portion de route qui mène à l"u2019entrée de la ville, les habitations se multiplient et des tireurs isolés surprennent régulièrement les troupes."nPhoto Laurent Van der Stockt / Le Monde (Photographs by Laurent Van der Stockt/Getty Images Reportage)
FALLUJAH, IRAQ, The 5th of JUNE 2016."nAt the head of the advance on the road entering in Fallujah, special forces as a large autonomy and react freely."n(The 5th of June, the Golden Division entered the first houses of Fallujah, those of the south part of the city. On the 23rd of May, the Special Forces began the offensive against Fallujah, real matrix of the Islamic State Organization. During this two weeks progression through the villages of the Anbar desert that surround the former stronghold of the Sunnite insurrection, the Golden Division had to deal with a minefield full of tunnels, car bombs and suicidal attacks."nSo far, its enemy has been unconventional and invisible. On the 400 men of the 4 battalions engaged on the two weeks old advance, 9 died and 30 were wounded )"nPhoto Laurent Van der Stockt / Getty Reportage"n"nFallouja, Irak, Le 5 juin 2016."nLes groupes de têtes disposent d"u2019une large autonomie. Dans la dernière portion de route qui mène à l"u2019entrée de la ville, les habitations se multiplient et des tireurs isolés surprennent régulièrement les troupes."nPhoto Laurent Van der Stockt / Le Monde (Photographs by Laurent Van der Stockt/Getty Images Reportage)
Fallujah's Liberation
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