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Anbar Antics
 3 Iraqi security elements die in bombing near Fallujah Fallujah (IraqiNews.com) Up to three Iraqi security members died and four others were wounded Monday when suicide bombers from the Islamic State attempted to enter Anbar’s city of Fallujah with a booby-trapped vehicle. AlQurtas News website said the car was stopped at Fallujah’s western entrance before making it to the city, but exploded to cause the security casualties. But Anadolu Agency quoted Col. Waleed al-Dleimi, from the Iraqi army, putting the death toll at three. However, making a statement on the incident, Interior Ministry spokesperson Saad Maan made no mention of the casualties among security members, only stating that the vehicle was brought under control and detonated after its driver was arrested. Iraqi security forces, backed by a U.S.-led international military coalition and paramilitary troops, have been battling IS since the group came to the scene in Iraq in 2014 to proclaim an “Islamic Caliphate”. Islamic State has held several areas in western Anbar since 2014, and has sustained occasional strikes by Iraqi and coalition fighter jets. Strikes on Sunday in Qaim, a major IS stronghold, left 40 fighters dead. The Iraqi government is expected to aim at Anbar and other IS pockets once it is done eliminating the group from Mosul, the group’s biggest stronghold where a security campaign has been running since October to retake the city. Google Map at the link Several ISIS Turbans die in airstrikes near Qaim Qaim (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Ministry of Defense’s War Media Cell announced, on Monday, destroying three caches of weapons, as well as killing a number of the Islamic State militants by air strikes carried out by Iraqi Sukhoi aircraft, west of Anbar. The cell informed that based on accurate intelligence information, Iraqi Sukhoi aircraft carried out several air strikes in Qaim District, west of Anbar. The air strikes resulted in the destruction of three caches of weapons and explosives, as well as killing a number of the Islamic State militants in the area of Jarijm in the district, the cell added. The Islamic State group is still controlling Anah, Rawah and Qaim, in Anbar Province, while security forces are preparing to launch an offensive to retake these cities. Posted by: badanov 2017-04-04 |
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