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 3 ISIS Bad Guys die in failed attack on al-Haditha dam Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State (ISIS) militants were killed and two others were arrested Wednesday in a foiled attack on al-Haditha dam west of Anbar, a local intelligence commander said. “A force from Haditha’s popular mobilization troops managed to thwart an attack with Katyusha missiles on Haditha dam,” said Nazem al-Jugheifi, intelligence official at Haditha tribal mobilization. “The force killed three Daesh (ISIS) terrorists and arrested two, while two others fled,” he added. Iraqi government and tribal forces are imposing full control over the town of Haditha, and have occasionally fought off attacks by ISIS which remains in control over other towns in the west, most notably Annah and Rawa, for which Iraqis are preparing a security campaign to recapture from the militant group. 5 ISIS Turbans eat dirt in Rawa airstrike Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army aircraft killed five Islamic State (ISIS) militants on Thursday west of Ramadi, Anbar province, an al-Hashd al-Shaabi intelligence official said. The five killed in a haven at the center of the town of Rawa included five foreigners, according to Nazem al-Jugheifi, an intelligence official at Anbar’s popular mobilization. He said military equipment belonging to the group were destroyed in the strike. Some regions in western Anbar are still under ISIS control since the extremist group came to light in 2014. The province is anticipating ground operations by security and tribal forces to liberate those towns which the group used as launching points for attacks on security and civilians. Iraqi government forces, assisted by popular mobilization groups and US-led air forces have been launching offensives on several ISIS strongholds in Iraq since October, most notably at the city of Mosul, ISIS’s last bastion in Iraq and the country’s second biggest city. Posted by: badanov 2016-12-16 |
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