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Iranian commander killed while fighting IS in Iraq
[DAWN] A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed fighting the holy warrior 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.... (IS) group, west of the Iraqi city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , the Tehran-based Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. It is the first time that Iran has announced the death of a senior commander during the operations launched in October to drive the Islamist snuffies out of Mosul. "Commander Shaaban Nassiri was martyred in operations to free the area west of Mosul," the Tasnim news agency quoted the Revolutionary Guards as saying. The IRGC is the main backer of the Iraqi Shia paramilitary force known as Popular Mobilisation, fighting IS men west of Mosul. Nassiri was killed near Baaj, one of the last cities which remain under IS control, near the Syrian border, according to Mashregh, an Iranian news website. The IS chief is believed to be hiding in the region, according to US and Iraqi officials. Nassiri fought in the Iran-Iran war of 1980-1988 and has been involved in the six-year war in Syria, backing  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Horror of Homs... A general from the Revolutionary Guards assumed the post of Iran’s ambassador to Iraq in April, in a sign of the key role the military force is playing in its neighbouring country. Popular Mobilisation on Friday announced the capture of the Sinjar military base, near Baaj, moving its presence closer to the Syrian border. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-28 |
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