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| Iraq |
| Peshmerga commander killed defusing IEDs |
| 2015-06-22 |
| [Rudaw] A Kurdish Peshmarga commander was killed on Sunday while leading a team of specialists to defuse improvised bombs (IEDs) in rural Kirkuk province. Lieutenant Colonel Bakr Khider, 48, received fatal wounds when a roadside kaboom went kaboom!and hit a group of technicians who were deactivating tripwires planted by the ISIS holy warriors in Zarga area, 35 km from Khurmatu township, south of Kirkuk city. Captain Rekawt Muhammad of the 12th Peshmarga Brigade told Rudaw one Peshmarga was also maimed in the incident which happened at around 10:30am Sunday. The Ministry of Peshmarga said in January more than 1,000 Kurdish fighters had been killed since the war began with the 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... holy warriors in August last year. The number of casualties has risen since that time due to heavy fighting with the Death Eaters along the more than 800-km frontlines manned by the Peshmerga. Kurdish officials said ISIS holy warriors have planted explosives in most recaptured areas to make the return of inhabitants difficult. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Could any of those of us who have experienced the Iraqi Army first-hand ever imagine an Iraqi Army officer leading from the front? Damned few of them. Seems the Kurds are very different. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-06-22 11:15 |
| #1 Shame that. I know your terror past, Kurds, But I know your state future would be great for everyone. Brave are Peshmarga. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-06-22 00:37 |