Iranian General Qasem Soleimani Is Leading The Attack Against The Iraqi City Of Tikrit

#Iraq A tea break for Qassem Soleimani near #Tikrit where Iraqi forces, Hashd & allies are fighting #IS. pic.twitter.com/Opmzwqm1rj
— Green lemon (@green_lemonnn) March 3, 2015

Jack Moore, Newsweek: Iranian Military Mastermind Leading Battle to Recapture Tikrit From ISIS

A notorious Iranian commander is spearheading the Iraqi offensive on the ISIS-held city of Tikrit, providing tactical expertise and a key link to Tehran for supplies to the Iraqi militias advancing on the terror group’s territory.

This week, a combination of 30,000 Iraqi security forces, Sunni and Shia militiamen launched a campaign to retake the Sunni-majority city, the hometown of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, from the terror group after it swept through northern Iraq last summer. Iraqi security forces, backed by the majority-Shia Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU), are advancing on the city from three directions, north, east and south, where the main entry points into and out of the city lie.

WNU Editor: Qasem Soleimani is one of the most dangerous people in the world .... the fact that he is apparently directing this Iraqi attack on Tikrit says volumes on the role that Iran is now playing in Iraq.