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Iraq
Iraqi pro-government troops repulse Islamic State attack in Salahuddin
2018-05-08
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government paramilitary troops have repelled an attack 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
members in Salahuddin, a security source from the province said on Monday.

"Troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) managed, today, to repel an attack by two Islamic State members who were trying to infiltrate into al-Alam region in Salahuddin," the source told Almaalomah website.

Islamic State members keep trying every now and then to infiltrate into Salahuddin," the source added.
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