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Sadrist militias kill eight Islamic State militants in central Iraq
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Eight 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... bad boyz were potted Monday in violent confrontations with militias affiliated to Shia holy man  Moqtada Tateral-Sadr ... the Iranian catspaw holy man who was 22 years old in 2003 and was nearing 40 in 2010. He spends most of his time in Iran, safely out of the line of fire, where he's learning to be an ayatollah... in central Iraq, a security source said. "A force of the 313th brigade of Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades) clashed with a number of Islamic State turbans in Samaraa city, north of the capital Baghdad, leaving eight "The festivities also left two members of Saraya al-Salam dead and two others maimed," the source added.
The mayor of Samarra where the attack took place said that the Saraya al-Salam group came under heavy ISIS  ...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...attack. "A checkpoint of brigade 131 of Saraya al-Salam in the al-Zoor area was attacked by ISIS holy warriors on Monday," Mahmoud Khalaf told Rudaw. "Intense festivities erupted between the two sides." Saraya al-Salam, meaning "Peace Brigades," is a militia headed by the prominent Shiite holy man Muqatada al-Sadr. The group is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Shabi, that are predominantly Shiite Moslem militias formed in 2014 to fight ISIS. Sadr also heads the Sayirun bloc - the largest in the Iraqi parliament. The official account of Saraya al-Salam’s brigade 131 revealed that at least two of their fighters were killed during the ISIS attack on their channel on the Telegram messaging service. ISIS grabbed credit for the attack on Monday on one of its Telegram channels. Brigade 131 of Saraya al-Salam announced on Sunday that it sent reinforcements to Samarra in order to maintain the security in the city during Muharam ceremonies. Muharam is the first month in the Islamic calendar. It is the most spiritual month after Ramadan to Moslems. On Sunday, an Iraqi federal police intelligence unit seized four bombs belonging to ISIS sleeper cells in the Jazira Mukeshefah area in northern Samarra. Federal police also seized 10 missiles and BKC machine guns, the Iraqi Security Media Cell, a part of the Ministry of Defense, said in a Facebook post. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-03 |
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