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Diyala not-dead dudes: Iran sock puppets destroy 4 IS hotbeds, 2 troops kaboomed, joint anit-ISIS Peshmerga/Iraqi army op


Iraqi paramilitary forces destroy four Islamic State hotbeds in Diyala

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Iraqi paramilitary forces announced on Monday the destruction of four hotbeds of the 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....
terrorist group during a military operation in Diyala province.

"Troops of the 4th and 24th brigades of the Popular Mobilization Forces, backed by Iraqi warplanes, destroyed four Islamic State hotbeds, containing clothes, foodstuffs and wireless devices as part of the third phase of the "Will of Victory" operation in al-Miqdadiyah district in Diyala," the Arabic-language Algahd Press website quoted the media center of the Popular Mobilization Forces as saying in a press statement.

"Six explosive charges were also dismantled during the military operation," the statement read.

The province has seen months of fighting between Iraqi troops and IS hard boyz especially in the Jalawla and Saadiyah areas in the province’s north and areas near the town of Muqdadiyah.

Bomb blast wounds two Iraqi soldiers in Diyala province

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) – Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded Sunday in a bomb blast in the eastern province of Diyala, a security source said.

“An explosive charge went off on the outskirts of al-Abbara, northeast of Baqubah, leaving two army soldiers wounded,” the source told the privately-owned Alghad Press news website.

“The wounded soldiers were moved to a nearby hospital for treatment and a probe was launched into the bomb attack,” the source added.

Peshmerga, Iraqi army launch joint anti-ISIS op in Diyala

[Rudaw] Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi armed forces launched a rare joint operation against 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....
(ISIS) Lions of Islam in Kolajo, Diyala province on Monday morning, just days after Lions of Islam killed four Kurdish security personnel in the disputed area.

"The objective behind this operation is to pursue ISIS Lions of Islam and troublemakers in this region," Brig. Gen. Kamal Mahmood, commander of the Peshmerga Infantry Force Brigade 5, told Rudaw on Monday.

Mahmood’s forces have been deployed by the Ministry of Peshmerga to reinforce troops already stationed on the Kifri front. They are joined by Brigade 131 of the Peshmerga 70 Unit, a force affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).

"We will increase watch posts in Kolajo and we have brought in more reinforcements and will station them in newly established frontlines," Mahmood said.

Kolajo, a district of Kifri in Diyala province, is 188 kilometers southeast of Erbil between Kalar and Tuz Khurmatu. Sections of Diyala are disputed between both the Kurdistan Region and Iraqi federal government.

Monday’s operation comes just four days after ISIS Lions of Islam killed four members of the Kurdish security forces and maimed eight others in a late-night assault on a checkpoint in Kolajo.

The turban group grabbed credit on Sunday.

Although the two forces worked together in the battle to retake djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
from ISIS in 2016-17, joint Peshmerga-Iraqi armed forces operations have since become extremely rare, owing in part to the collapse of Erbil-Baghdad relations in October 2017.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, as Iraq’s commander-in-chief, is coordinated the Iraqi side of the operation.

Abdul-Mahdi arrived in Diyala early on Monday to supervise the third phase of "Will of Victory" ‐ a military campaign launched in July targeting ISIS sleeper cells, hideouts, and weapons caches across the country’s northwestern provinces and disputed territories.

"Day after day, activities by ISIS Lions of Islam are increasing and this is because of the massive void left between Peshmerga and the Iraqi forces," Jamal Iminiki, Peshmerga chief-of-staff, told Rudaw, using an Arabic acronym for ISIS.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, spokesperson for the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, acknowledged ISIS has increased its activities in the disputed areas, but insisted the threat will be removed through coordination with the Peshmerga.

"We have controlled a 605 kilometer long border with Syria," he told Rudaw. "We carry out special operations into areas where ISIS Lions of Islam are hiding."

Posted by: trailing wife 2019-08-06
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