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Booby trap explosion kills 8 at school in Iraqi village
[Iran Press TV] Eight tribal fighters of an Iraqi paramilitary unit have been killed in a booby trap blast near the northern city of djinn-infested Mosul... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... Jabbar al-Maamuri, a commander of Iraq's tribal fighters, said on Sunday that the attack was carried out at a school in the village of Majarine, which is located 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of Mosul. More than a dozen others were maimed. The school was being used as a training center and it had been booby-trapped by the ISIS Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorists, the commander said. The village was retaken from ISIS in early July as Iraqi forces closed in on Mosul. The Sunday kaboom is the latest example of dangers left behind by the retreating ISIS terrorists. In another such deadly incident in newly recaptured areas, six members with the paramilitary troops of Hashd al-Sha'abi were killed on Saturday in Akashat in the western province of Anbar. In July, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally declared victory over ISIS in Mosul, which served as the terrorists’ main urban stronghold in the conflict-ridden Arab country. In the run-up to Mosul's liberation, Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units had made sweeping gains against ISIS since launching the operation on October 17, 2016. The city, located some 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, fell to ISIS in June 2014. 30+ ISIS Bad Guys die in fighting in Mosul Mosul (IraqiNews.com) More than thirty Islamic State militants were killed in an operation in west of Mosul, the pro-government paramilitary troops announced. “An operation was carried out three days ago in Abu Yaseen, Thara al-Karah, Wadi al-Thirthar and al-Khubra regions as well as areas in the vicinity,” Ahmed Nasrallah, deputy commander of the 13th brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), said in a statement on Sunday. “Troops besieged big number of terrorists, killing 32 militants during the operation.” “Among the killed militants were the judge of the so-called Al-Jazeera State and Nineveh State, judge of the northern region, Tal Afar and al-Deshisha, militant in charge of the ammunition, the group’s deputy economy minister and a leader known as abu Hajar,” the statement added. Last week, the PMF’s media service announced killing 12 out of 15 IS suicide attackers during clashes in abu Raseen region in Qairawan, west of Mosul. on July 10, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over IS militants who had held the second largest Iraqi city since 2014. More than 25000 militants were killed throughout the campaign, which started in October. Since the city was declared free, security troops continue to comb western Mosul areas for hidden IS cells. Despite declaring the victory over IS there in the city, observers say IS is believed to constitute a security threat even after the group’s defeat at its main havens across Iraqi provinces. Other IS havens in Anbar, Kirkuk and Salahuddin are expected to be targeted by the iraqi government soon. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-18 |
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