Hawija (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi security forces have juggedInto the paddy wagon wit' yez!
a senior 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....
member in charge of executions in Kirkuk province, security sources were quoted saying on Tuesday.
Alsumaria News quoted the source saying that security forces, using intelligence information, arrested Abu Wahab al-Iraqi and four of his
Abu Wahab was behind several killings, kidnappings and ambushes set up in the province, the source added, saying that he possessed maps of potential targets of terrorist attacks.
IS had been notorious for carrying out heinous executions of civilians and security members in Hawija, forcing thousands to flee the town.
Iraqi forces declared the recapture of Hawija, a major IS bastion, in October. The government announced all-out victory over the bad boy group in December.
But remnant turbans continue to target security forces and civilians occasionally. Kirkuk has seen the turbans setting up fake security ambushes that left several security members dead.