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Iraq
Six members of Islamic State in Diyala killed in blast, airstrike
2017-02-27
[Iraq News] Six members of 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s so-called "Diyala State" were killed Sunday in a blast and Arclight airstrikes in Kirkuk and Salahuddin.

Three big shots from the Islamic State were killed in Arclight airstrikes that targeted their location at the outskirts of Hawija, a group stronghold in southwestern Kirkuk.

In statements quoted by Alsumaria News, Sadeq al-Husseini, chairman of Diyala security committee, said one of those killed was the group’s media official in the province.

Also in Diyala, Udai al-Khadran, mayor of the town of Khales, said three other Islamic State members died while a booby-trapped ambush they were trying to set up in Mutaibija went kaboom!.

Mutaibija lies between Diyala and Salahuddin, and has proven to be a security concern having witnessed several deadly attacks against security members.

According to Khadran, IS members have worked on booby-trapping Mutaibija roads to stymie any advances by security troops.

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