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| Iraq |
| Islamic State burns oil wells to defend Mosul, Oxfam says |
| 2016-11-05 |
| [NEWS.SKY] Retreating 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.... forces in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... are setting oil wells ablaze to slow the advance of Iraqi forces, charity Oxfam has said. The UK charity said thousands of families are forced to live in what it called a "smoke-filled hell" with scant access to clean water in villages and towns around Mosul. US-backed Iraqi and Kurdish forces have been closing in on Mosul since they launched an offensive last month to recapture Iraq's second-largest city and last IS stronghold in the country. Oxfam said IS set 19 oil wells on fire in the Qayarrah area, south of Mosul, as they were pushed northwards by Iraqi forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ...Didn't work the last time, either. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-11-05 13:37 |