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Iraq
Two IS members killed in confrontations with Iraqi troops in Kirkuk
2018-02-28
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Two 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....
members were killed during confrontations with the pro-government troops on Monday evening, west of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
a security source said.

Speaking to Alghad Press, the source said, "festivities occurred in al-Najatiya village, where al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) are deployed. Two IS members were killed."

The festivities, according to the source, who preferred anonymity, "broke out as PMFs noticed IS turbans who were trying to sneak into the village, taking advantage of the bad weather conditions."

Earlier on Monday, a security source said turbans fired a missile in al-Musalla region in Kirkuk, which was followed by shootout with the troops of the Counter-Terrorism Service.
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