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Iraqi special forces begin new operation to drive ISIS out northern mountain range
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi counter-terrorism forces launched a new operation on Thursday that targeted the remaining 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.... (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) Death Eaters from a mountain range in northern Iraq. According to a report from Baghdad, the counter-terrorism forces began their operation by storming the Islamic State’s hideouts in the Hamrin Hills. The report said that the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces have already killed a dozen Islamic State terrorists, while also destroying a number of hideouts and trenches. "...the sectors of the Counter-Terrorism forces, supported by Iraqi Army aviation and international coalition aviation, initiated a broad security operation to chase the remnant members of the terrorist ISIS in the hills of Hamrin to destroy the caves and their safe havens," read a statement by the Security Media Cell on Facebook, as reported by the Rudaw News Agency. The operation was reportedly green lit by Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, the country’s commander-in-chief, according to the media cell. Posted by: Fred 2019-04-13 |
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