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Army launches extensive offensive to hound IS militants in Diyala
[Iraq News] An officer informed on Monday, that Iraqi army forces, backed by Army Aviation, launched an extensive offensive to chase 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.... Captain Habib al-Shamri, said in a press statement, "Forces from the army’s 5th infantry brigade, backed by Army Aviation helicopters, launched a wide-scale military operation in Houd al-Zor area, near Mukdadiyah District, north of Diyala, to hound the members of the Islamic State group." "The operation was launched in uninhabited mountain areas, which consider safe havens for the Islamic State krazed killers," Shamri added. The areas northeast of Diyala witnessed a surge of violence and increased attacks by the Islamic State The IS fighters launch their attacks from rugged mountain area such as Hamrin Mountains, areas east of Salahuddin and south of Kirkuk Province, while the military operations launched by Iraqi forces did not prevent the group’s attacks. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-14 |
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