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Diyala clearance op launched, 4 Shiite paramilitaries kaboomed


Four Iraqi mobilization members wounded in Diyala blast

Diyala (Iraqinews.com) Four members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces were maimed Friday in a kaboom that occurred in Diyala province, north of Iraq, local media reported.

Iraqi al-Madar agency quoted a security source saying that the PMF’s intelligence chief in Diyala and three lower-rank elements were maimed in an IED explosion in Diyala’s Saadiya region.

The incident comes a few hours after PMF and army forces launched an operation to clear northeastern Diyala from remnant Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
cells.

Iraqi security operation launched to clear Diyala region from IS

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi security forces launched on Friday an operation to clear areas in northeastern Diyala from Islamic State cells, local media reported days after authorities declared efforts to clear regions from the province westwards to the borders with Syria.

The Popular Mobilization Forces said in a statement that troops, backed by the Iraqi army and counter-terrorism units, launched an operation to purge Um Weis, northeast of Diyala, having detected an activity by Islamic State terrorists.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-13
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