US-led air campaign will shape long-term fight in Iraq
Operations in Tikrit are not indicative of the needs of the larger campaign to come against Mosul
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- Anti-ISG campaign
- Training
- Equipping
- Strategic battlefield shaping
- Long-term success
- Political challenges
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "A Sunni fighter who has joined Shi'ite militia groups known collectively as Hashid Shaabi stands guard on a building in al-Alam (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)")