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Iraqi and coalition forces arrest ISIS 'logistics' official, kill fighters
[THEBAGHDADPOST] In separate operations in western and northern Iraq on Friday, anti-ISIS coalition warplanes and local security forces killed a number of alleged 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.... fighters. Iraqi troops also reportedly captured an individual handling the hard boy group’s logistics support in eastern parts of Anbar province. "An international coalition  ...KABOOM!... killed several turbans inside a tunnel in the Badush mountains," the Iraqi military communications center known as the Security Media Cell said in a statement. It added that a ground team then deployed to the area and confiscated a number of bombs and food supplies being used by the Death Eaters. The Badush mountains are located in a remote area of the northern province of Nineveh where Islamic State Later, Iraq's Military Intelligence Directorate announced the arrest of an Islamic State official who it said had been managing the "logistics" for the group's activities in Anbar’s placid provincial capital of Ramadi, an area that the terrorist organization overran in 2015 and held until Iraqi forces pushed them back in 2016. The individual was wanted as per Article 4 of Iraq’s counter-terrorism law, the directorate said. Iraqi security forces routinely make this claim in such public statements despite the fact that Article 4 only addresses sentencing guidelines. Backed by the US-led international coalition, Iraqi forces launched another series of operations against the Islamic State in recent days and weeks. Security forces continue to hunt down remnants of the hard boy organization across the country in attempts to prevent those loyal to it from regrouping to pose an increased threat. Posted by: Fred 2019-11-23 |
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