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| Iraq |
| Iraqi PM orders probe into killings of two Sunnis at security HQ |
| 2015-02-08 |
| [Al Ahram] Iraq's prime minister said on Saturday he had ordered an investigation into the killing of two Sunni Moslem civilians at a security headquarters in Anbar province, where the army and volunteers are battling 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.... (IS) myrmidons. Haider al-Abadi, a moderate Shi'ite Islamist who took office in September, is keen to show his government is accountable to all of Iraq's sects and to mend the rifts Islamic State was able to exploit when it seized parts of the country last year. Local officials, a tribal leader and an army officer said two men from a prominent Sunni tribe were killed at the Anbar Operations Command earlier on Saturday after being detained at a checkpoint operated by security forces along with Sunni and Shiite volunteer fighters. Abadi announced the investigation on his official Facebook page, calling the killing "a heinous crime... intended to sow discord and distract (citizens) and the security forces from fighting the Daesh (a reference to Islamic State) criminal gang." |
| Posted by:Fred |