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ISIS destroys key Anbar bridge to slow Iraqi forces
[RUDAW.NET] 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 have destroyed Al Boshjal bridge connecting Fallujah city and Saqlawiyah town in order to halt the advance of Iraqi security forces, an official source from Anbar province police told Rudaw. After controlling areas near the town of Saqlawiyah, 7km northwest of Fallujah in Anbar province, ISIS destroyed the strategic bridge that was known as a vital supply line for the ISIS bad boys. "To prevent the escape of the civilians, ISIS has placed many checkpoints on the bridges of Fallujah and Albo-Alwan towns. In Hawija, in southeastern Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... ISIS organized a military parade under the banner of the Qawqaz Regiment and has pushed the young men from Fallujah to join its ranks," said the police source. The Anbar provincial council has asked Iraqi military leaders to help the people of Anbar escape because ISIS might use them as human shields. Naem Gaoud, head of Al-Buonmar militia, told Rudaw on Wednesday that the Islamic State had established a special force in nearby areas comprised of imported muscle. "We have asked the Iraqi government to provide us with heavy weapons to defeat ISIS," said Gaoud. Posted by: Fred 2015-07-10 |
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