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| Iraq Forces Meet ‘Fierce’ Resistance in Southwest Mosul: Commander |
| 2017-03-03 |
| [ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Iraqi special forces are facing "fierce" resistance as they battle the ISIS Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... group in southwest djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , a commander said on Wednesday. Iraq launched a major push on February 19 to recapture the rest of Mosul from ISIS, retaking the airport and then pushing up from the south. Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service is fighting "for the (Maamun) Flats area, which is considered very important for control of the Baghdad road and the surrounding neighborhoods," Staff Lieutenant General Abdulghani al-Assadi told AFP. "The resistance is violent and fierce because they’re defending this line and this line, in our opinion, is the main line for them," said Assadi, a top CTS commander. |
| Posted by:Fred |