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| Ninevah Nightmares: 70 die |
| 2016-09-14 |
| Iraqi forces repel ISIS "Invasion of Death" on Mosul Fotos at the link (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Nineveh Operations Command announced that 70 ISIS members were killed after the security forces repulsed their attack on the city of Mosul, and added that ISIS named the attack ‘The Invasion of Death’. The Command said in a statement, “At dawn today, Nineveh Operations Command, backed by the international coalition air force, repulsed an attack by ISIS terrorist gangs on the axes of al-Houd, al-Hadr, al-Shabali, the infantry 15th brigade and Nineveh police’s 37th brigade.” “The clashes lasted for five hours and resulted in the killing of 70 ISIS members, as well as detonating seven booby-trapped vehicles,” the statement added. The Command also revealed that ISIS named this attack ‘The Invasion of Death’, and pointed out that no losses were inflicted on the security forces. Gunmen gun down ISIS Golden Throat Plus a recap of downed ISIS officials. Shouldna been such pricks, ISIS [ARA News] DUHOK – The official spokesman of the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Mosul was reported dead after gunfire targeted his car in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh province, activists reported on Tuesday. Abu Isaac, the ISIS spokesman in Mosul, was driving his car in central Mosul when a group of gunmen ambushed him and opened fire on his car. “Abu Isaac and two of his escorts were killed in the attack,” head of Nineveh media centre Raafat al-Zarari told ARA News. “At least three gunmen were involved in the operation. The gunmen remained unknown.” Speaking to ARA News in Mosul, media activist Abdullah al-Malla said that following the attack, Abu Isaac was transferred to the al-Adli hospital in central Mosul. “But when he arrived to the hospital, Abu Isaac was already dead. He was shot at least four times,” the source reported. ISIS Media Chief Killed in Iraqi Raid On Sunday, the Chief of Media Operations in the Islamic State (ISIS), Abu Muhammad Furqan, was killed in an attack by Iraqi army forces. Iraqi security officer Ali Daqqa told ARA News that a special forces unit from the Iraqi army raided a building in the Baaj district where Furqan and other ISIS-affiliated media workers have been hiding. “At least 20 ISIS media workers and officials were hiding in that building. They were all killed in the operation,” the official confirmed. Abu Muhammad Furqan was responsible for the ISIS media operations, including the production of ISIS propaganda videos. He was the director of the al-Furqan jihadi channel, and an influential member of board at the ISIS-linked Amaq News Agency and the jihadi Naba’ newspaper. Although the death of Furqan came as a shock to the radical group as he used to operate from confidential locations, observers believe that his death won’t have a huge influence on the ISIS media machine. “Dozens of highly trained journalists are working for the extremist group,” Iraqi researcher Randa Khalaf told ARA News. “Of course Abu Muhammad Furqan had gained the trust of the ISIS leadership due to his successful work and commitment to the group’s agenda. However, replacing him won’t be difficult, as ISIS relies on several media channels to deliver its messages and official statements to its audience worldwide,” she said. ISIS Security Official killed by Gunmen in Nineveh Last week, a group of gunmen reportedly broke into the Islamic State’s (ISIS) Hisba police department in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh province and killed a number of ISIS militants, including the ISIS security chief Abu Ayoub. Informed sources reported that the ISIS security headquarters in the Baaj district of Nineveh province was attacked by a group of unknown gunmen last week on Sunday. “Five security members were killed in the attack, including Mahmoud Sulaiman al-Muslih, also known as Abu Ayoub, the ISIS chief of security in the Baaj district,” head of Nineveh media centre Raafat al-Zarari told ARA News. Subsequent to the attack, clashes broke out between the gunmen and ISIS militants in Baaj. “Two of the gunmen were killed in the clashes, while the others were able to escape the clashes area,” local media activist Ali Saddawi told ARA News, adding that the gunmen had infiltrated into the Hisba police department “mainly to assassinate Abu Ayoub”. “The target was known for torturing prisoners in ISIS detention centres across Nineveh. He was promoted by the group to the position of security chief for his strong ties with the ISIS’s leadership in Iraq,” the source said. In the meantime, ISIS militants imposed a curfew in the Baaj district and installed new security checkpoints on Sunday in a bid to capture the attackers. |
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