...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) group on civilians and Peshmerga, Iraq’s security media cell published.
"It was agreed to strengthen intelligence work and increase cooperation between the central [Iraqi] and Region’s forces and to combat terrorist operations and prevent their occurrence," the statement, issued by Joint Operations Command and published on Telegram read.
"It was agreed to continue bilateral meetings between the joint security and military leaders to develop a clear vision for confronting terrorism," added the statement.
Three civilians and 18 Peshmerga fighters have been killed in the attacks conducted in recent days by ISIS forces of Evil in areas disputed by Erbil and Baghdad. The group has increased its attacks on Kurdish forces in these areas.
The latest was late on Thursday night when ten Peshmerga fighters and three non-combatants were killed with others injured in Erbil’s Makhmour town.
"ISIS [Arabic acronym for ISIS] is not looking to control cities and places, they are aiming to kill, injure and weaken the forces," the Kurdistan Region’s Vice President Sheikh Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa, who is also the former commander of the Unit 70 forces, told Rudaw on Saturday.
Sirwan Barzani, commander of Peshmerga forces in Makhmour, told Rudaw late Friday that the US-led global coalition against ISIS have decreased
...KABOOM!...
s against the group "because the ISIS [ISIS] movements have changed. Now, their tactic is to carry out partisan war, and by the time the [war]planes arrive they hide or go into the caves and tunnels."
The coalition shared photographs of a recently-conducted operation against ISIS with Kurdish forces on Saturday without providing details. "We will continue to work side by side with our partners forces to #DefeatISIS," it said.
"There are 100 - 150 people [ISIS] in the area, they have created chaos, they are not a force that defends, they attack and return. Their formation and resting place is Gharra area. Civilians help them too, for sure," Ibrahim Ahmed, Peshmerga commader in the Qaratapa-Hamrin front said on Saturday.