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| Iraq |
| Islamic State ambushes, kills up to 50 Iraq troops |
| 2015-08-23 |
| [AlAhram] A top provincial official in Iraq's Anbar province says up to 50 soldiers have been killed by 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.... turbans in two separate ambushes in the turbulent region west of Baghdad. Sabah Al-Karhout, president of the Anbar Provincial Council, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Saturday that the ambushes took place Friday west of the placid provincial capital, Ramadi. He had no more details and there was no immediate word from authorities on the violence. Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi on Saturday toured the army's command in Anbar. During a meeting with troops there, a Defense Ministry statement said al-Obeidi counseled that forces must use "caution and precision" when advancing to avoid "unjustified losses." The Islamic State group controls about a third of Iraq, including much of Anbar. |
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