Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) ‐ Iraqi paramilitary fighters of al-Hashd al-Shaabi killed on Saturday two members of 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....
terrorist group in Hawija district of Kirkuk.
"A special force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi managed to kill two members of ISIS (IS group) near Hawija in Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
" Ali al-Husseini, the commander of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) in the northern axis, told Almaalomah news website.
"The operation came after receiving accurate intelligence reports about the presence of IS hideouts in Hawija," Husseini said, indicating that another IS hideaway was destroyed near Hamrin Mountains.