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| Iraq |
| ISIS takes new territory in simultaneous attacks in Anbar, local tribes fight back |
| 2016-01-04 |
| [RUDAW.NET] 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.... (ISIS) turbans attacked several villages and towns in Western Anbar province on Sunday, capturing new territory before being pushed back by security forces and local tribes. In a number of simultaneous attacks the turbans overran the towns of Perawan and Baghdadi near Haditha and Hit. An Anbar government official said that the turbans were fought back by the army and tribal fighters in some areas and driven out of Baghdadi. Khalid Salman, head of the Haditha district council said that 12 explosive-laden ISIS vehicles were destroyed in the confrontations. Five turbans were killed and at least 30 others maimed, he added. "The attacks were launched through boom-mobiles and jacket wallahs and the turbans managed to infiltrate parts of Perwana township but they were repulsed by the security forces and tribal bad boys." Brig. and Anbar provincial council front man Amash Karbouli told Rudaw. Karbouli said local forces launched their own counteroffensive to retake areas captured by the ISIS bad boys. |
| Posted by:Fred |