ISIL Tactical Brilliance Overwhelms Iranian-Led Offensive on Tikrit; Over 3000 Troops Killed

In a show of overt battlefield tactical brilliance, ISIL has stalled an Iranian-led offensive to capture the strategic city of Tikrit from them. In a series of brutal and ferocious battlefield engagements, ISIL was able to bear down heavily on the assorted Shiite coalition and in the process they were able to kill over 3,000 Shiite fighters....