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Kirkuk Kombat Chronicle: 14+ die
14 ISIS Bad Guys die fighting Iraqi militia(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – An informed source in Kirkuk province said on Saturday, that 21 ISIS elements had been either killed or wounded during armed clashes between clan fighters and the ISIS elements southwest of Kirkuk. The source reported for IraqiNews.com, “Today, violent clashes erupted between Arab clans and the ISIS elements in the vicinity of al-Riyad in the district of Hawija (45 km southwest of Kirkuk), resulting in the death of 14 [ISIS] elements and wounding 7 others.” The source attributed the outbreak of clashes to “the state of hatred, anger and resentment by the people of the southern and western regions of Kirkuk because of the injustice of ISIS as well as the state of hunger and oppression in which they live.” Iraqi kops stop attacks on oilfields (IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – On Saturday, an informed source announced, that the so-called ISIS launched an attack on Ajil and Alas oil fields, while pointed out that the security forces foiled the attack and managed to kill 45 members belonging to ISIS. The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “Today the security forces from the army, Federal Police and al-Hashd al-Shaabi managed to foil an attack launched by more than 150 fighters of ISIS on Ajil and Alas oil fields,” pointing out that, “The attack resulted in the killing of 25 ISIS members and wounding of 20 others.” The source also pointed out, “15 members of the army, police and al-Hashd al-Shaabi were either killed or wounded in the attack,” adding that, “ISIS prepared for the attack two weeks ago, but the security forces managed to foil the attack and forced ISIS to retreat.” Peshmerga shoot dead six ISIS suicide bombers west of Kirkuk [Rudaw] A major suicide attack by Islamic State (ISIS) militants on Peshmerga defense lines south of Kirkuk was foiled Saturday morning, said the frontline commander. “The militants were gunned down before they could detonate themselves,” commander Kamal Kirkuki told Rudaw. Six ISIS suicide bombers attacked the Peshmerga base at around 3:30 am, whose bodies still lie there in the open field, said Kirkuki. “The bodies of the suicide bombers were blown to pieces after they were shot,” he added. “If the Peshmerga had not killed the militants the attack would have caused serious casualties." The frontline south and west of Kirkuk has experienced major confrontations between ISIS and Kurdish forces in the last two years. But the Peshmerga are well-prepared for such surprise attacks, said Kirkuki. He claimed that at least 6,000 ISIS militants have been killed on this front alone. Posted by: badanov 2016-03-13 |
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