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Airstrikes in Ninevah yields 40 dead
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A local source in Nineveh Province revealed on Saturday, that the coalition aviation shelled one of the largest banks of the so-called ISIS in the province, while indicated that more than 64 ISIS members were either killed or wounded by over 30 air strikes on the organization’s headquarters in the right and left coasts.The source said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “This evening, international coalition aviation shelled ISIS headquarters in al-Gamea neighborhood, Mosul University building, Arab neighborhood, in addition to two headquarters in the central markets building near Baghdad garage.” The source added on condition of anonymity, “The primary number of casualties among ISIS members reached more than 40 dead including Arab and foreign nationalities and 24 wounded, based on accurate intelligence information.” “The shelled headquarters included one of the banks in in the left bank in Mosul that was used by ISIS to as an alternative headquarters to pay the salaries of its members,” the source continued. Coalition jets pound ISIS bases, shelters in Mosul ahead of massive offensive [Rudaw] Warplanes from the US-led coalition carried out 20 ...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.... positions and shelters inside the group's stronghold of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , a source from the Iraqi Defense Ministry told Rudaw. Five different locations in Mosul were targeted by the warplanes including "Mosul railway line, the presidential palace, Wadi Agibian neighboorhood as well as two bomb manufacturing facilities," said the source. He continued: "The Iraqi army has warned Mosul residents avoid ISIS shelters and positions as warplanes will continue shelling the areas." Baghdad has begun preparations to launch a massive battle against ISIS faceless myrmidons in coordination with the Kurdistan Region and the United States-led coalition. Two separate Iraqi army brigades are based in the town of Makhmour, southeast of djinn-infested Mosul, as part of the preparations underway for the offensive. On February 9, a military brigade from the Nineveh Operation Command arrived in the Makhmour region and on February 16 another Iraqi army brigade from the 15th division of the Iraqi Army, consisting of 1000 soldiers and 168 military vehicles, arrived. Posted by: badanov 2016-02-22 |
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