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Islamic State attacks kill 10 in northern Iraq: Police
 [AlAhram] 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.... gunnies killed at least 10 people including a local Sunni tribal sheikh in two separate attacks late on Sunday in Iraq's northern provinces of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... police and local officials said. In a village near the Sunni town of Shirqat, south of Mosul, Islamists stormed the house of a tribal sheikh who led a Sunni militia that had fought against the hard boys, killing him, his son and two guests, police sources said. Islamic State, which had seized control of much of northern Iraq in 2014, lost Shirqat to U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces supported by Sunni tribal fighters in 2016. However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... a small number of gunnies are still operating in the area and are capable of launching sporadic attacks, security officials said. In the town of Nijana, south of the oil city of Kirkuk, five members of one family were killed by gunnies who set up a fake security checkpoint on a main road. The family were Shi'ite Turkmens - a father who is an Iraqi soldier, his pregnant wife, his two children and his brother-in-law. Local police said their five charred corpses were found inside the burned-out car, after the gunnies expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. Two coppers accused Islamic State gunnies of carrying out the attack. Another passer-by was also killed inside his car during the attack, said police sources. Iraqi security forces launched an operation last month to consolidate control of the Hamrin mountain range near Kirkuk, intended to be used as a transit route for Iraqi oil trucks heading for Iran. Security officials say two groups of murderous Moslems are known to be operating in the area - one formed by remnants of Islamic State, the other, known as the "White Banners", new and little known. Iraq declared victory in December over Islamic State, which had seized control of nearly a third of the country in 2014. However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... the group continues to carry out attacks and bombings in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq. Iraqi security officials have warned that they expect a new phase of guerrilla warfare from remaining Islamic State adherents.
At least 25 civilians and members of government forces have been killed in northern Iraq since late Sunday in attacks by the Islamic State terror group, officials say. A police officer tells AFP that IS jihadists killed 15 people at a fake roadblock on a major highway in Kirkuk province, north of Baghdad. Another IS attack in the same province killed three others, the officer says. In the Mosul region, seven people, including the mayor of a village, were killed by IS assailants disguised as soldiers, a local official says. The attacks come despite Baghdad’s declaration of victory over the jihadist group last year. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-03-13 |
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