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Iraq
Iraqi troops raid several Islamic State tunnels, hotbeds in oil-rich Kirkuk
2018-05-02
Kirkuk (Iraqinews.com) ‐ Iraqi troops raided on Tuesday a number of tunnels and hotbeds that were used for storing 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....
(IS) arms in oil-rich Kirkuk.

"Iraqi police and the 11th brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) launched a military operation to target Islamic State dens in several villages of Hawija district, southwest of Kikruk," Alghad Press quoted al-Hashd al-Shaabi as saying in a statement.

"The joint forces managed to seize a number of tunnels and hideouts that were used by IS bully boyz for storing their weapons and ammunition," the statement read.

"The operation was launched after receiving information about the presence of IS fighters in several villages of Hawija," concluded the statement.
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