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Joint forces kill 32 IS members north of Salahuddin
 [Iraq News] Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced on Monday repulsing an attack launched by 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.... on the area of Harariyat and Makhoul Mountains, north of Salahuddin, and killing 32 members of the terrorist group. The ministry said in a press statement that forces from Salahuddin Operations Command, backed by the Army Aviation, repulsed an attack launched by the Islamic State group on the troops stationed in al-Harariyat Intersection and Makhoul Mountains. Security forces also managed to kill 32 members of the Islamic State, as well as destroying two vehicles, armored truck and two hideouts, the statement added. Furthermore, the statement revealed that detachments of Salahuddin Operations Commands stationed on Makhoul Mountains destroyed four hideouts, using four Kornet rockets and killed their occupants. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-15 |
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