... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
killing four high-profile commanders of the ISIS Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...terrorist group in the process.
The security forces, following a tip-off from pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units ‐ better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi, staged an ambush on a Death Eater hideout in the village of Karhakazan late on Monday, and killed the terrorists.
The slain Takfiris were later identified as Adnan Ahmed Hassan al-Sour, better known by the nom de guerre Abu Rizwan, who was a senior Death Eater commander in the Riyadh district, southwest of Kirkuk, Shaker Shallal Ousebi, commonly known as Abu Haifa, who was responsible for ISIS medical affairs, Abu Talha, Abu Haitham and Hassan Ali Thalaj, better known by the alias Abu Dhar.
Abu Rizwan was apparently one of the main organizers of ISIS surprise attack on Hashd al-Sha’abi forces in Saadounia village, western Hawija, on February 18, when 21 voluntary fighters were killed.
Separately, security forces have uncovered a huge cache of munitions belonging to ISIS Lions of Islam in the oil-rich city of Baiji, located some 130 miles north of Baghdad.