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| Iraq |
| IS Suicide Bombing Kills 2 Iraqi Army Generals in Anbar |
| 2015-08-27 |
| [NYTIMES] An Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... jacket wallah killed two Iraqi army generals on Thursday as they led forces against IS positions in the turbulent Anbar province west of Baghdad, military officials said. They said the bomber drove his explosives-laden vehicle into the advancing troops north of Anbar's lovely provincial capital, Ramadi, killing the two generals and three soldiers. A military front man said on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? that 10 other soldiers were maimed. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The IS group captured Ramadi earlier this year and also controls the nearby city of Fallujah. In Syria, IS snuffies seized five villages from rebel groups in the north as part of an advance toward the strategic town of Marea near the Turkish border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other activist groups said the IS carried out a suicide kaboom on the outskirts of Marea amid fierce fighting in the area. The Turkish Dogan news agency also reported renewed fighting between IS and rebels across the border from Kilis and said the U.S.-led coalition bombed IS targets in the region. Dogan video footage showed a large plume of smoke rising from across the border. |
| Posted by:Fred |