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| Over 400 Iraqi captives freed, 70 ISIS militants arrested in Jurf Al-Sakhar | |
| 2014-10-28 | |
| [Iraq News] On Monday, Babel Operations Command announced that the security forces in northern Babel have managed to detain 70 elements of ISIS in Jurf Al-Sakhar. The military front man in Babel informed IraqiNews.com: "In the early hours of the morning, the army units accompanied by armed volunteers managed to free 400 Iraqi families kept by ISIS, and arrest 70 ISIS elements in Jurf Al-Sakhar." Noteworthy, Iraqi PM Haidar Al-Abadi has said that liberating Jurf Al-Sakhar is a key to liberate all the occupied areas in Iraq, noting that the military operation in the district was a knockout to ISIS.
... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... a town that has been hard-pressed by IS in recent weeks. And Jurf al-Sakhr lies west of the main highway on which tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims will travel in the coming days on the way to the city of Karbala for the annual Ashura commemorations. Pilgrims taking part in the commemorations, which mark the death of Imam Hussein, one of the most revered figures in Shiite Islam, are often targeted with bombings during the annual rituals, which peak next week. Karbala governor Aqil al-Turaihi has said that "Securing Jurf al-Sakhr is securing Karbala and the south completely, as the gateway to the south begins from Jurf al-Sakhr." And holding it would also better position Iraqi forces to strike at faceless myrmidons in nearby Anbar province, where they have suffered a string of setbacks, prompting warnings that the entire province could fall. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Amriyat al-Fallujah, a town that has been hard-pressed by IS in recent weeks. The NYT reported Fallujah had actually fallen to the IS. Does anyone know who holds it? |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2014-10-28 15:43 |
| #1 Babel Operations Command. Wow. Pentagon joked trying to break-out. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-10-28 07:21 |