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| Iraqi troops and airstrikes punish ISIS in Diyala |
| 2015-08-27 |
| [Rudaw] Airstrikes launched by the US-led coalition to defeat the 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.... , or ISIS, hammered jihadist positions in Diyala province on Tuesday, killing nearly two dozen "On Tuesday, coalition air raids on ISIS positions and military bases in Hamrin village near the city of Baquba, in Diyala province, killing 23 ISIS forces of Evil and destroying some of the group's military bases," Ali Khalil, an officer with the Iraqi Federal Police, told the press on Wednesday. Before the coalition warplanes arrived, Khalil said, Iraqi forces were engaged fierce fighting with ISIS and managed to drive the gunnies from several areas. In early May, Iraqi forces managed to capture an ISIS base believed to be the jihadists' biggest in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. The eastern province of Diyala has a majority Sunni population but is also home to Shiites, Kurds and other ethnic and religious groups. |
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