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Mosul bombs and bullets bulletin: 10 turbans toes up, 1 turban tied up, 2 bomb techs kaboomed
 Iraqi intelligence kill 9 Islamic State militants in Mosul 3 September Mosul (IraqiNews.com) – Nine Islamic State militants were killed Tuesday during a counter-terrorism operation in Mosul city, a senior security official said. “Intelligence forces, in coordination with the Nineveh Operations Command, killed nine IS terrorists hiding inside a tunnel in al-Sahaji village, southwest of Mosul,” Brig. Gen. Yahia Rasool, spokesman for the Joint Operations Command, said in a press statement. The troops were backed by warplanes of the U.S.-led international coalition, the spokesman added. House explosion kills two Iraqi explosive experts in Mosul 7 September Mosul (IraqiNews.com) – Two explosive experts were killed Saturday while trying to detonate a bomb at a house in Mosul city, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said. “A bomb placed inside a house at al Adnanya district in southeastern Mosul went off Saturday morning, leaving two explosive experts killed,” the ministry said in a press statement. A security operation was launched to put an end to the threat of the leftover bombs in Mosul city. Mosul has seen almost daily bombings and armed attacks against security members, paramilitary troops and civilians since the Iraqi government launched a wide-scale campaign to retake Islamic State-occupied areas in 2016. Though most of the daily bombings go without a claim of responsibility, Islamic State is expected to be behind many. Mortar attack hurts U.S. soldier in Mosul 7 September Mosul (IraqiNews.com) – A U.S. soldier was wounded Saturday in a mortar attack on a military base sheltering American troops in Mosul city, a security source said. “A mortar attack targeted the military base of presidential palaces, which houses American troops, east of Mosul city, leaving a U.S. solider wounded,” the source told privately-owned Almaalomah news website on Saturday. “Another mortar shell fell on the Andalus district in Mosul, leaving no casualties,” the source added. The United States has an estimated 5,200 troops in Iraq as part of a security agreement with the Iraqi government to advise, assist, and support the Iraqi army in the fight against the Islamic State. Iraqi intelligence kill Islamic State militant in Mosul; another arrested 9 September Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – An Islamic State militant was killed Monday when army forces stormed a terrorist hotbed in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the Military Intelligence Directorate said. “Military intelligence forces stormed a terrorist hotbed at the Nineveh island, west of Mosul city, leaving an Islamic State terrorist dead,” Alsumaria News quoted the directorate as saying. The troops destroyed the hideout and all its contents, the statement read. Meanwhile, the directorate said that its forces arrested another Islamic State member in Ramadi city. The militant, according to the statement, “was responsible for booby trapping vehicles in order to be used later in terrorist attacks by the Islamic State group.” Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-10 |
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