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| Iraq |
| Kurds launch attack to retake Iraqi town of Jalawla |
| 2014-08-23 |
| [Iran Press TV] Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the militancy-riddled northern Iraq have launched an operation to retake the town of Jalawla from the ISIL Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorists, Iraqi officials say. Senior officials from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) say the Peshmerga forces advanced on the volatile town from several directions on Friday. "The Peshmerga advanced on Jalawla from several directions before dawn," media outlets quoted PUK official, Shirko Mirwais, as saying. The town is a strategic point some 130 kilometers northeast of Baghdad. Local security sources say the fighters and volunteers have already taken back several positions from the holy warriors in the troubled region. At least nine Kurdish forces have been maimed in the ongoing fighting in and around the area. The town has been one of the deadliest flashpoints in Peshmerga's fight against the ISIL. Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Yellow Wolf clutched at his chest and fell from his horse... the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says about 700,000 Iraqis have fled their homes and taken refuge in the Kurdistan region following ongoing attacks by the ISIL terrorists. |
| Posted by:Fred |