Iraq’s Takfiris face imminent defeat

The al-Qaeda-linked Takfiris operating in Iraq face imminent defeat as they have fallen into trap, an analyst tells Press TV.

“I do not think it will take very long before these militants will be defeated. They entered a bottle and it will be impossible for them to exit the bottle neck,” Hilal Khashan told Press TV in an interview.

He was referring to the extremist militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that have reportedly captured two provincial capitals this week, namely Tikrit in Salahuddin Province and Iraq’s second city of Mosul in the northern province of Nineveh.

Khashan said the ISIL militants “have no chance whatsoever” to win the war they waged on Iraq.

He added that ISIL operatives could not have advanced so quickly without regional support.

“I do not know to what extent they have regional support. If they do have regional support I am absolutely sure that their supporters will regret what they are doing,” Khashan stated.

He said the Iraqi government should not wait for any action on the part of the UN Security Council against the Takfiris.

Over the past days, Iraqi armed forces have been engaged in fierce clashes with terrorists, who have threatened to take their acts of violence to other Iraqi cities, including the capital, Baghdad.

Iraqi men from all walks of life are flocking to recruitment centers to join the army in its fight against the ISIL militants.

The United Nations Security Council has condemned the attacks on Mosul by Takfiri militants and the abduction of Turkish consulate staff members there.