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Iraq
At least 230 civilians killed in two days in Mosul
2017-06-05
[Iraq News] At least 230 non-combatants were killed over the past two days by 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
Death Eaters as well as Iraqi fighter jets in western djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, an Iraqi source said on Sunday.

Col. Reda Abdullah al-Bahadli, of the Rapid Response forces, told Anadolu Agency, "Islamic State killed since late Saturday until today 157 civilians including women and kiddies while trying to escape al-Zanjili in western Mosul. The Arclight airstrikes launched by army jets against IS locations in al-Shifa district, northeast of Mosul, on Saturday claimed lives of 43 civilians."

According to Bahadli, 30 non-combatants were killed as Iraqi troops attacked IS pockets in districts of al-Shifa, al-Zanjili, al-Borsa, Bab Sanjar and Bab al-Toub in western Mosul.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch cautiously raised his hat over the edge of the horse trough on the end of a stick......
Cap. Ali Dawoud, of Federal Police, said Iraqi troops are in control of 65 percent of al-Zanjili and that 130 families were evacuated. He said the slow advance is meant to protect lives.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Maybe the locals will get some bone.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-05 00:43  

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