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Shiite militias hit back at ISIS east of Fallujah
[Rudaw] More than 15 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.... fighters were killed and seven of the group's military vehicles were destroyed Thursday by Shiite militias fighting for the Iraqi government in Anbar province, a commander with Iraqi forces told Rudaw. Colonel Marzi Mahmud Jumaili, a commander with the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units, said in a statement released Thursday that the Shiite fighters managed to launch a counterattack on the ISIS faceless myrmidons east of the city of Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... killing the 15 faceless myrmidons and injuring 25 others. Jumaili claimed the Hashd al-Shaabi, as the Shiite militias are known, seized seven vehicles from ISIS and four where rigged with explosives. In January 2014, ISIS faceless myrmidons swept into Fallujah and parts of Ramadi in Iraq's Anbar province, which Iraqi security forces soon abandoned. Since then, Iraqi forces in corporation with the Hashd al-Shaabi and backed by US-led coalition Posted by: trailing wife 2015-07-04 |
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