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| Iraqi forces killed 80 IS militants in 3 weeks during Kirkuk purge |
| 2018-03-16 |
| Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have killed 80 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.... Lions of Islam during the last three weeks as operations continue to clear Kirkuk from remnant Death Eaters, a commander was quoted saying in a statement on Thursday. Abu Hossam al-Sahlani, commander of Kirkuk operations at the Popular Mobilization Forces, said troops killed 80 members of the krazed killer group over the past 20 days. He said the troops have also managed to seize large quantities of ammunition the group was using for terrorist plots. Iraqi troops reinforced their presence in Kirkuk and launched operations to purge the province from remaining Death Eater cells following an ambush set up by the Lions of Islam in mid February left 27 mobilization members dead mid February. Iraq declared victory over Islamic State Lions of Islam and the recapture of all of the group’s strongholds in December, but forces continue to hunt for remnant Lions of Islam hiding at desert areas. IS Lions of Islam have also staged occasional attacks against civilians and security forces, which stoked fears that the group my still pose a coppersace even after security forces had retaken all of its strongholds. In October, Iraqi forces took over Kirkuk from Kurdish Peshmerga groups which held the province since the emergence of IS Lions of Islam in 2014. |
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