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PMF launches anti-ISIS operation in Anbar
[Rudaw] Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) on Sunday announced the launch of a fresh 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) cells in the western Anbar province, amid a countrywide effort to rid the country of the jihadists. "The operation comes as part of a strategy to track down terrorist sleeper cells and prevent them from gaining any foothold by closing all security gasp in front of them in these areas," the PMF said on Telegram. According to the statement, the campaign will mostly be centered on Anbar’s district of al-Qaim, near the border with Syria. Related: Anbar province: 2024-10-19 One Asayish killed in Kurdish-Iraqi joint anti-ISIS operation in Kirkuk Anbar province: 2024-10-18 ISIS militant captured in Sulaimani in joint operation with Iraqi units Anbar province: 2024-10-16 Iraqi warplanes kill four suspected ISIS members in Kirkuk Related: Qaim: 2024-10-06 Over 5,500 Lebanese refugees enter Iraq Qaim: 2024-07-26 Armed clash between two groups leaves five dead in Karachi Qaim: 2024-02-03 White House waited for GOOD WEATHER to launch strikes on Iraq and Syria to avoid 'unnecessary casualties': B-1 bombers flew from US and dropping 125 missiles on seven targets in 30 minute blitz deemed a 'success' Posted by: trailing wife 2024-11-18 |
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