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Iraq
Iraqi forces capture three strategic areas in Baiji
2015-05-14
[Rudaw] In a continuation of military operations in Salahadin province against ISIS holy warriors, Iraqi joint forces have captured three strategic areas in the city of Baiji as well as three watch towers inside the Baiji oil refinery, Rashid Bayati, a member of the Salahadin provincial council, told Rudaw Wednesday.

"With the help of Hashd al-Shaabi, Sunni tribal forces of Evil and coalition Arclight airstrikes, the Iraqi army managed to clear the Baiji neighborhoods of Hai Askari, Hai Naft and Shahidan of the forces of Evil as well as three watch towers inside the Baiji refinery," Bayati said.

Earlier this week, the Salahadin province police media office told Rudaw the areas of Tal Jarad and southwestern Baiji had also been cleared by a joint force of Hashd al-Shaabi and Iraqi federal police. "They were locked in an intense battle, inflicting heavy casualties among the ISIS holy warriors, and some five Hashd al-Shaabi forces of Evil were killed," the office reported.

On May 10, Iraqi security forces broke 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....
siege of the key Baiji oil refinery following a joint assault with Shiite militia and tribal groups, Bayati previously told Rudaw.
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