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Iraq
Iraq Forces Kill '279 Terrorists' in 24 Hours as Kurds Take Border Crossing with Syria
2014-06-16
[AnNahar] Iraqi security forces have killed 279 "terrorists" in the past 24 hours, as they push back against a major turban offensive, a security front man said on Sunday, as Kurdish forces seized control of one the two official Iraqi border crossings with Syria

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Maliki imposed order on Basra wen the Shiites were going nuts, but has proven incapable of dealing with al-Qaeda's Sunni insurgency. Reelected to his third term in 2014...
's security front man, Lieutenant General Qassem Atta, made the announcement about the casualties during a televised news conference.
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