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| Iraq |
| Gunmen Kill 10 Iraqi Soldiers, Militia Allies |
| 2014-10-05 |
| [AnNahar] Gunmen killed 10 Iraqi soldiers and Shiite allied bully boyz in two separate attacks on Saturday in Diyala province northeast of the capital Baghdad, a military source said. In the first attack, five soldiers were killed and 15 maimed when gunnies assaulted a military checkpoint north of the historic provincial capital of Baquba, the source said. Elsewhere north of Baquba, five members of a Shiite militia allied to the army were killed when gunnies attacked one of their positions. Ten more were maimed in that incident. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks which come as the Iraqi forces and their allies fight 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.... group and other Sunni Lions of Islam who have swept through much of northern and western Iraq. Baquba is a Shiite-dominated city surrounded by many Sunni villages. It is under the control of the Iraqi army and their Shiite allies and lies east of three roads converging on Baghdad. Holding Baquba is considered vital to defending the capital. |
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