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200 IS members killed on first day of Hawija offensive’s second phase
[Iraq News] More than 200 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 bandidos Lions of Islam have been killed by Iraqi joint troops within the second phase of offensive launched in southwest of Kirkuk.

A statement by Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat, Federal Police chief, said "troops along with Rapid Response forces and al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) managed to regain control on 70 square kilometers in west of Hawija, liberate 23 villages and regions, kill 144 bully boys, destroy 45 booby-trapped vehicles and evacuate 150 displaced families during the second operation of Hawija offensive."

Earlier on the day, Lt.Gen. Abdul Amir Yaralla, commander of Hawija Operations, announced killing of 96 bully boys, destroying 13 vehicles in Arclight airstrikes in Hawija.

A statement by the Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell, Yaralla said, "Iraqi jets launched several Arclight airstrikes targeting the group’s locations in Hawija."

"The Arclight airstrikes left 96 bandidos Lions of Islam and 13 vehicles destroyed," he added.

Joint troops managed to free 11 villages in Hawija, Yaralla previously said on the day.

Early on Friday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and the Joint Operations Command announced beginning of the second phase of Hawija offensive.

According to Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell, 557 IS bandidos Lions of Islam were killed, while more than 100 villages and regions were liberated during the first phase, which launched earlier this month and was concluded on Sunday.
Posted by: Fred 2017-09-30
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