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Iraq
Nineveh Province and Mosul: ISIS, Peshmerga, and the Turks
2015-04-17
Coalition strike kills, wounds 58 ISIS elements in Mosul

[IraqiNews.com] On Wednesday, a local source in Nineveh province said, that 58 elements of the ISIS group have been either killed or injured in an aerial bombing by the international coalition in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
The source informed IraqiNews.com, "Today, warplanes of the international coalition have carried out air strikes on vital sites for the ISIS group murderous Moslems inside one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Mosul," noting that, "The air strikes resulted in killing 12 ISIS elements and injuring more than 35 others including big shots of the group in the city."

"The coalition's air force also targeted an ISIS meeting in a hall called the 'Tent' in the forest area," the source added.

U.S.-led strike burns ISIS rank, kills 20 militants in al-Qaim

[IraqiNews.com] On Wednesday, a source within the Kurdish Peshmerga forces said, that 20 ISIS elements have been killed in an air strike by the U.S-led international coalition in north of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
The source informed IraqiNews.com, "Today, warplanes of the international coalition conducted an air strike against a rank for the ISIS group bandidos bandidos holy warriors in the village of al-Qaim near Narouwan area in north of Mosul city," pointing out that, “The aerial bombing resulted in killing more than 20 ISIS militants and burning the entire rank of the group.”

ISIS imposes compulsory military service, deploys children on streets
Always a bad sign, drafting kids...
[IraqiNews.com] According to a local source in Nineveh province, the ISIS group has imposed compulsory military service in Nineveh, Hawija, Qayyarah and Shirqat, and armed and deployed dozens of children on the streets.

The source said in an interview with IraqiNews.com, "ISIS imposed compulsory military service in Nineveh, Hawija, Qayyarah and Shirqat," noting that, "It also forced every family to offer a young man aging between 12 and 17 to be one of its elements."

The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, "The organization was able to attract a lot of children, handing them weapons and deploying them on the streets."

The source pointed out that the majority of ISIS field leaders live in Nineveh in neighborhoods belonging to the displaced people of the province.

20 Turkish officers train Iraqi volunteer forces for Mosul battle

[IraqiNews.com] The Turkish military began training 800 fighters of al-Hashed al-Watani militia in a camp in the area of al-Sheikhan, located 12 km north of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, according to the Turkish Anadolu News Agency.

Mahmoud Surchi, a Kurdish commander of al-Hashed al-Watani militia, told Anadolu, "20 Turkish officers are participating in the training 800 Sunni and Turkeman in a camp in the district of al-Sheikhan, located 12 km north of djinn-infested Mosul in northern Iraq," pointing out that, "550 fighters had completed their training and 800 others would finish theirs in the near future, while a further 500 others are going to join the camp later for their military training."

"There are 20 Turkish officers who provide military training in the camp," he said.

Surchi added that al-Hashed al-Watani militia fighters will play a vital rule in the military operation to liberate al-Mosul as the Kurdish Peshmerga forces are expected to be on the front lines in the northern and eastern regions of Mosul.

"We are waiting for the operation to start within the next few months," Surchi told Anadolu.
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