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Iraq
Five members of Al-Nujaba Movement killed in American air strike in Kirkuk
2023-12-04
[NINANEWS] al-Nujaba Movement, led by Akram al-Kaabi, announced on Sunday that a number of its members were killed in an American strike inside Iraq.

The Movement stated in a brief statement: "5 members of the movement were killed as a result of an American air strike in Kirkuk."

Meanwhile; A security source reported that "the toll of the American bombing amounted to 5 dead and 3 maimed as a result of a bombing that targeted one of the faction headquarters within the Dibis district in Kirkuk."

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The triggering event:
Six rockets launched from Iraq’s Rabia toward American bases in Syria

[Shafaq News] On Sunday, a security source told Shafaq News Agency that about six rockets were launched from the outskirts of the town of Rabi'ah
...in Ninevah province near the Syrian border. The primary economic activity is smuggling...
toward Syrian territory. The source said that the rockets, which were launched from a water tanker, were likely targeting US military bases in Syria.

The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq, an umbrella of a Shiite paramilitary groups, grabbed credit for a rocket attack on a US base in Kharabat al-Jir in northeast Syria. A statement from the group said that the attack was in response to "the crimes committed by the [Israeli] enemy against our people in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Related:
Al-Nujaba: 2023-06-26 Assailants attack Iranian-backed militia post in Syria's Deir ez-Zor
Al-Nujaba: 2023-05-25 Civilian houses turned to military posts for IRGC in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
Al-Nujaba: 2021-11-20 Kataib Hezbollah dissolves militia following Sadr’s call
Related:
Akram al-Kaabi: 2021-06-06 Al-Kaabi warns of possible ISIS attacks targeting different areas in Iraq
Akram al-Kaabi: 2020-02-17 Akram al-Kaabi carving out a central leadership position among Iran-backed PMF commanders
Akram al-Kaabi: 2019-05-21 Powerful Iraqi group says they will remain part of ‘axis of resistance’ despite foreign pressure
Related:
Kirkuk: 2023-11-30 Joint security operation clears area near Erbil
Kirkuk: 2023-11-20 Sulaimani security forces arrest 55 ISIS suspects
Kirkuk: 2023-10-28 New Armenian Orthodox bishop in Iraq ordained for the first time in four decades
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