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59 dead as police battle militants in Iraq's Mosul
[Al Ahram] Clashes between Iraqi security forces and forces of Evil killed 59 people in djinn-infested Mosul... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... on Saturday, as heavy fighting in the northern city entered its second day, officials said. The dead comprised 21 police and 38 hard boys, a police lieutenant colonel and a mortuary employee said. Fighting broke out in Mosul on Friday morning and continued into the night, while twin suicide kabooms targeted a minority group east of the city and soldiers rubbed out jacket wallahs to its south. At least 36 people were killed in Friday's violence in Mosul and elsewhere in Nineveh province. Saturday's deadly fighting came as jihadists took students and staff hostage at Anbar University in Ramadi, west of Storied Baghdad, prompting an assault by security forces to try to free them. Militants have stepped up their attacks in recent days. On Thursday, forces of Evil seized several parts of the city of Samarra, north of the capital, in a major assault that was only repelled after house-to-house fighting and helicopter strikes that left dozens dead. Posted by: Fred 2014-06-08 |
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