IS group lost one percent of captured territory in Iraq: US

IS group lost one percent of captured territory in Iraq: US
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2015 - Islamic State jihadists have lost only a tiny fraction of captured territory in Iraq after five months of US-led air strikes, the Pentagon said Friday. Kurdish peshmerga forces and Iraqi government troops have retaken 700 square kilometers (270 square miles) of ground mostly in northern Iraq, but the IS group still holds 55,000 square kilometers, spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told report ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/IS_group_lost_one_percent_of_captured_territory_in_Iraq_US_999.html