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Kirkuk combat chronicle: big turban judge bound over, paramilitaries maim attacking turbans
 Security forces arrest Islamic State’s judge in Kirkuk Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Federal police forces have arrested a judge of the Islamic State group and 15 more wanted criminals during different security operations in southwestern Kirkuk, a security source was quoted saying. “Acting upon a tip-off, security forces arrested a judge who was working for Islamic State in Tal al-Zahab village in southwestern Kirkuk,” the source told Iraqi website Baghdad Today. According to the source, “the troops also apprehended 15 suspects in different areas in Kirkuk.” “The security forces found three bombs and stormed four hotbeds of Islamic State in the province,” added the source. Islamic State members wounded in attack repelled by paramilitary troops, west of Kirkuk Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State members were wounded in an attack carried out by the militant group, southwest of Kirkuk, an official from the pro-government paramilitary troops said on Wednesday. Speaking to Baghdad Today website, Karim al-Ezzi, an official from al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said, “Islamic State members attacked a checkpoint of the troops in al-Shalalat region, located between al-Multaqa and Hawija, west of Kirkuk.” PMFs, according to Ezzi, “repelled the attack, while some militants were injured before fleeing.” Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-06 |
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