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Friendly-Fire Strike Kills Nine Shia Fighters Near Tikrit
[NRTTV] A drone reportedly belonging to the Iraqi army struck Shia paramilitaries near the city of Tikrit on Sunday, killing nine fighters, a militia front man said.Spokesman Ahmed al-Assadi told AFP that Iraqi forces mistakenly identified the group of fighters as krazed killer before launching the deadly "The drone struck with a first missile and then two more seven minutes later," he said. The fighters were part of the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces, known as Hashid al-Shaabi, which has emerged as a dominant force against the 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.... (IS) across central parts of Iraq. Assadi said nine fighters were killed and another 14 injured as a result of the strike. "We were under attack, we called for ground support but when it arrived, the drone struck," he added. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... speaking to NRT, the head of the Security and Defense committee in Iraq's Parliament, Hakim Zamli confirmed the reports but said an investigation was underway. "We are still looking to determine the source of the plane," Zamli said, adding that authorities from the anti-IS Coalition said an Iraqi drone had accidentally hit the fighters. 23 Iraqi militia die in friendly fire incident in Tikrit (IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin β On Monday, al-Hashed al-shaabi spokesman Ahmed al-Asadi announced the death of nine of al-Hashd elements in a strike mistakenly carried out by the Iraqi army near the city of Tikrit (180 km north of Baghdad). Asadi said, βOn Saturday, Nine elements of al-Hashed al-Shaabi fighters were killed and fourteen others were injured in a shelling carried out by the Iraqi Aviation by mistake in Salam village south of Speicher Camp.β Asadi indicated, that an investigation was opened based on the instructions of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the incident. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-12 |
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