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Iraq
Artillery shelling kills IS Official near Baqubah
2017-03-01
[Iraq News] A local source in Diyala Province revealed that an 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....
’s official was killed in the province by an artillery shelling, Alsumaria News reported on Tuesday.

The source said, "Iraqi army troops shelled, using mortar cannons, locations belonging to the Islamic State in al-Sobaiat area near Hawi al-Mayta, on the borders between Diyala and Salahuddin (75 km north of Baqubah)."

"The shelling resulted in the killing of the IS official, who was responsible for the transfer of Death Eater from Hawija to the borders of Diyala official, also known as Abu Muthana, along with one of his aides," the source added on condition of anonymity.

"The Islamic State is relying on limited members to organize the raids of its murderous Moslems from Hawija to the borders between Diyala and Salahuddin," the source further explained.

Noteworthy, border areas between Diyala and Salahuddin are characterized by significant Islamic State’s presence.
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