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| Iraq |
| Iraqi forces retake three towns in northern province |
| 2014-06-15 |
| [Iraq Sun] The Iraqi security forces Saturday re-took control of three towns in Salahudin province lying north of capital Storied Baghdad, while troops were also being deployed in the south of the bustling provincial capital city of Tikrit for a military offensive later, a provincial police source said. The troops backed by the residents of the town of Ishaqi, 90 km north of Storied Baghdad, clashed with the murderous Moslem groups and recaptured the town earlier seized by them, Xinhua quoted a source as saying Saturday. Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase... the security forces attacked the nearby town of al- Mu'tasim, 100 km north of Storied Baghdad, and seized the town from the murderous Moslems' control, the source said. Later Friday, the security forces backed by the residents of the town of Duluiyah, 80 km north of Storied Baghdad, re-took control of the town after they clashed with a group of snuffies who fled the town, the source added. Two more villages near the city of Baiji, some 200 km north of Storied Baghdad, were also cleared of snuffies by the residents and remnants of the local police who took up arms and clashed with the gunnies. Preparations are underway to retake the city of Baiji. The Sunni-dominated city of Tikrit, which is the hometown of former President Saddam Hussein, has been in the hands of the gunnies since Wednesday. On Friday, the most influential Shiite holy man in Iraq Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on Iraqis to take up arms to defend their country against myrmidon groups who took control of large parts of the country. "The situation in Iraq is very serious, entailing those who are able to volunteer to take up arms to defend their homeland," Sistani said in his statement read after the weekly Friday prayers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 China enjoys good relations with Iran. The US, thanks to B. O., enjoys good relations with none of the above. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-15 12:48 |
| #1 Xinhua reports are closer to the action than are the US so-called news agencies. |
| Posted by: Omolump Thud8081 2014-06-15 09:28 |