...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) including the "Wali of Kirkuk" during an operation in the province earlier this week.
"Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) conducted precision
...KABOOM!...
s in Northeastern Iraq on Oct. 14 that killed four members of the terrorist organization ISIS, including a big shot," US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
The leader, according to the statement, was known as "Abu Issa" (aka Shahadhah 'Allawi Salih 'Ulaywi al-Bajjari). The "Wali of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
" he led the krazed killers' cell in Kirkuk.
On Tuesday, Iraq's Security Media Cell had stated that Iraqi F-16 aircraft conducted "two successful strikes" at 1:30 am within Kirkuk Operations Command, and Iraqi counterterrorism forces a few hours later recovered the bodies of four suspected ISIS holy warriors, including an "important leader."
"The Iraqi-led strikes were conducted to disrupt and degrade ISIS attack network in Iraq," CENTCOM stated, detailing there "is no indication of civilian casualties."
"U.S. Central Command, alongside our coalition and Iraqi partners, will continue to aggressively pursue these terrorists," US General Michael Erik Kurilla, CENTCOM's commander, said in a statement.
Strikes in territories disputed between the federal Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are part of ongoing efforts to rid the country of ISIS cells, in areas where a security vacuum allows them to operate.
Iraq's Joint Operations Commacnd announced on Friday that warplanes targeted a suspected ISIS hideout in disputed Kirkuk province. However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
as Kurdish security forces (Asayish) conducted a sweeping operation in Shwan district, one of their members from Sulaimani province was killed in festivities with remnant ISIS fighters.