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Iraqis say they foiled IS plan to attack revered shrines
2017-07-31
[IsraelTimes] Iraqi and Russian Arclight airstrikes hit jacket wallahs in Iraq and Syria, averting planned assaults on Karbala, Najaf

Iraqi intelligence officials said Sunday they foiled an attempt by the 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....
 group to attack revered Shiite shrines and the sect’s spiritual leader.

The IS plan was to launch a series of suicide kabooms in Karbala and Najaf that house the shrines as well as the home of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, two officers told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.

The simultaneous Arclight airstrikes by Iraqi and Russian air forces two weeks ago hit gatherings of suicide bombers in the Iraqi town of Qaim and in Syria’s Mayadeen area, both under IS control.

They gave no details on casualties.

Recent meetings with the Russians yielded increased intelligence sharing between the two nations, they said.

Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
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