Fallujah - Page 2

The problem is, our allocation of resources and funds to the military is so wasteful,” former SEAL Carl Higbie says. “Overseas in Iraq, I’ve seen – we left Humvees behind, and weapons, and tools. Everything you could imagine. We’ve spent money so poorly that if we had somebody come in there with a business background, like Donald Trump, to help reorganize and make sure we’re allocating the right assets to the right things, we could do three times as much with a third of the money.”

The Shiite militia movement in Iraq known as Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units, has launched an attack to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), prompting the jihadist group to declare a state of emergency inside the city, Rudaw reports quoting an Iraqi military source.