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Iraq
Paramilitaries repel 2 IS attacks, free four abducted personnel, Salahuddin
2018-03-21
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government paramilitary troops have repelled a second attack carried out 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 against Tuz Khurmatu region in Salahuddin province.

A statement by the media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said, "faceless myrmidons attacked, in the evening, Bastmali village, south of Tuz Khurmatu, which was the second attack."

Troops of the 52 brigade, according to the statement, foiled the attack.

According to sources from the brigade, speaking to Alghad Press, four kidnapped personnel, were liberated in the wake of the attack.

Four PMF conscripts were liberated, after festivities with IS members at the outskirts of Amerli, east of Salahuddin, the brigade said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Closer to home
VIA @Switch_d
Colombian authorities captured Raúl Gutiérrez, a 43-year-old Cuban, who was plotting an Islamic terrorist-style attack against 29 diplomats at the American Embassy in Bogota.

Communicated with several Moroccan citizens, identified as Matin Muhanad, Said Samuid, and Francisco Quintana, that showed links between the Cuban native and the Islamic State (IS).
Posted by: newc   2018-03-21 21:46  

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