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| Iraq |
| Iraqi troops, militias repel IS attack on town in Anbar |
| 2015-07-11 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Government forces and Shiite Death Eaters repelled an 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 attack Friday that left 10 soldiers dead in western Iraq's Anbar province, officials said. The Lions of Islam attacked the government-held town of Khalidiyah with mortars and five suicide boom-mobiles, Anbar councilman Athal al-Fahdawi said. They retreated after an hours-long battle, leaving behind 12 dead fighters. Some were hiding in houses in nearby Abu Flais village, Al-Fahdawi said. Police and army officers said at least 10 soldiers were killed. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... the Islamic State group's Radio al-Bayan said IS Lions of Islam seized positions in the Khalidyah area after attacking Iraqi troops and Shiite militias with boom-mobiles. Iraqi forces, backed by Shiite militias, have been struggling to recapture areas lost to IS in the country's west and north. In May, the bad boy group scored a stunning victory when it overran Ramadi in Anbar province, capturing large amounts of ammunition and armored vehicles from fleeing government troops. Also Friday, a representative for Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite holy man, urged countries in the region to take "decisive measures" to stop the flow of imported muscle into Iraq. "The continuation of the policy of carelessness and giving a blind eye on the flow of these fighters to Iraq will increase the danger of these gangs to Iraq and they will represent a threat to their countries," Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalei said during a Friday sermon in the city of Karbala. Foreign fighters have been streaming into Syria and Iraq by the thousands to join IS and other krazed killer groups. |
| Posted by:Fred |