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Iraqi military claims capturing iconic mosque
[DAWN] The Iraqi military on Thursday announced the recapture of the iconic djinn-infested Mosul... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... mosque where Death Eater IS chief His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... made his only public appearance, calling on Moslems to obey him. The announcement of the recapture of the mosque -- which 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.... group blew up last week as Iraqi forces closed in -- comes three years to the day after the faceless myrmidons declared a 'caliphate' straddling Iraq and Syria. "Counter-Terrorism Service forces control the Nuri mosque and al-Hadba (minaret)," the Joint Operations Command said in a statement. After a senior special forces commander said the mosque had not in fact been retaken, the operations command clarified that it meant Iraqi forces had isolated the area and were "advancing toward the completion of the goals." The mosque and its famed al-Hadba (hunchback) leaning minaret were Mosul landmarks and also held major significance in the history of IS rule in Iraq. Iraqiya state TV carried a banner on Thursday announcing the "fall of the mythical state" -- a play in Arabic on the IS title "state of the caliphate." Baghdadi appeared at Friday prayers at the Nuri mosque in 2014, soon after IS seized Iraq's second city, calling on Moslems to obey him. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-30 |
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