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Peshmerga repulse ISIS attack in Shingal
[RUDAW.NET] Kurdish forces repulsed an Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) assault in Shingal on Sunday, a Peshmerga official old Rudaw. "Islamic State faceless myrmidons in the town of Shingal launched an assault on the Peshmerga forces, but the Kurdish forces fiercely defeated the attack, inflicting casualties among the myrmidons," said the official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... . "The Peshmerga and the faceless myrmidons locked in an hour-long battle, but later the faceless myrmidons retreated, leaving a dead body behind," he added. Last Tuesday, US-led coalition forces bombarded ISIS bases in Shingal, killing or wounding fighters, according to Brigadier Issa Zewai, a Peshmerga commander in the area. Posted by: Fred 2015-05-11 |
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