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| 7,000 IS affiliates remain in Iraq: officials |
| 2017-07-29 |
| [DAWN] High-ranking Iraqi security officials said up to 7,000 affiliates to the holy warrior 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.... group (IS) group remained in Iraq after the fall of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , where the group's leader declared the self-styled caliphate three years ago. Three intelligence and defense officials told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named there are an estimated 4,000 The officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to speak to the media. On July 10, Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the liberation of Mosul, after nine months of highly destructive warfare. The IS swept into Mosul in summer 2014 when it conquered much of northern and western Iraq. The Lions of Islam declared a caliphate and governed according to a harsh and violent interpretation of Islamic law. The Two days after the declaration of Mosul liberation, Army Lt Gen Stephen Townsend, commander of the United States led coalition in Iraq and Syria, cautioned that the battle in Iraq is not over. He said he believes Iraqi troops still need time to oust remaining IS fighters from Mosul. |
| Posted by:Fred |