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Iraq forces expel ISIL militants from seven villages
[Iran Press TV] Government forces in Iraq have managed to wrest control of a number of villages in the northern province of Kirkuk as they continue to gain more ground in the battle against the ISIL Takfiri...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... bully boys. Brigadier General Sarhad Qadir, the provincial police chief, said Iraqi security forces backed by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters liberated seven villages near the town of Qaryat al-Rashad, located roughly 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of the capital, Baghdad, on Thursday afternoon following intense festivities with the ISIL Takfiris, Iraq's al-Sumaria satellite TV network reported. Qadir further said that scores of ISIL forces of Evil were killed during the operation. A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , also said Iraqi soldiers have launched an operation to recapture the northern village of Basheer, located 15 kilometers (nine miles) south of the city of Kirkuk. Posted by: Fred 2015-03-13 |
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