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| U.S.-led troops seize ISIS fighter in Iraq helicopter raid |
| 2016-04-19 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Troops from a U.S.-led coalition landed a helicopter in northern Iraq and seized at least one ISIS fighter from a vehicle, three witnesses and two Kurdish security sources said. The force quickly took off again with their captive on Sunday afternoon, the sources told Rooters. "It all happened in less than 10 minutes," said a witness of the raid in Badush district, around 20 km (12 miles) northwest of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , the largest Iraqi city still in the hands of ISIS. A front man for the U.S. coalition declined to confirm or deny the reports. A news agency that supports ISIS said the turbans had thwarted the raid. Iraqi authorities say they will retake Mosul this year. But an army offensive launched last month south of the city has been put on hold until more forces arrive to hold ground. The United States announced last December it was deploying a new force of special operations troops to Iraq to conduct raids against ISIS there and in neighbouring Syria. The hard boy group's second-in-command and other big shots were likely killed last month by an air strike after a U.S. special forces' helicopter was fired on from the ground. |
| Posted by:Fred |