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PMFs injure, arrest army conscript, arrest police personnel in confrontations in Mosul
 [Iraq News] Confrontations have occurred between the shia-led paramilitary troops and the Iraqi army in the western side of djinn-infested Mosul... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , an informed security source was quoted saying on Wednesday. Speaking to Shafaq News, the source said that shootout took place after festivities with Sayyid al-Shuhadaa brigades, which works under the umbrella of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), at the entrance of the fourth bridge in west Mosul, which left a soldier maimed. "Troops of the same brigade tossed in the calaboose Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! four police conscripts at the entrance of al-Tayaran district, south of Mosul," the source, who preferred anonymity, added. The forces, according to the source, "arrested the police personnel while being on duty at a checkpoint in the district." PMFs, an alliance of more than 60 mostly Shia militias, have been actively engaged in the government’s campaign that ran since October 2016 against 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.... , which declared a self-styled "caliphate" from Mosul in June 2014. The troops contributed to the campaign by regaining control over IS holdouts near the Syrian borders. It is considered one of the largest militias in Iraq. It was established in 2014 by a fatwa (religious edict) to fight the Islamic State. Posted by: Fred 2018-02-15 |
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