You have commented 338 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Iraq
Erbil excitements: banned radical cleric arrested again, along with two more building-attacking idiots
2018-07-25


Muslim Cleric arrested over affiliation to Islamic State in Erbil

Erbil (IraqiNews.com) A cleric has been arrested over affiliation with Islamic State, the security department of Erbil announced on Tuesday.

In remarks to the Kurdish-owned Rudaw network, Tareq Nuri, head of Erbil security department, said "security troops arrested cleric called Mulla Ismail Sussi over belonging to Islamic State."

Sussi, according to Nuri, "was detained three weeks ago over affiliation to Islamic State. The case was referred to court."

Sussi was banned from giving speeches at mosques in 2010 due to his extremist thoughts, which prompted him to resort to social media platforms to post his lessons. This resulted in arresting him in August 2011 before getting released later.

Two assailants arrested after storming municipal building in Iraq's Erbil

Erbil (IraqiNews.com) – Two gunmen have opened fire at a municipal building in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, with no damage reported, a security source was quoted as saying Tuesday.

"The security forces managed to arrest the pair, who stormed the building of municipality no. 1 in Erbil," the source told Baghdad Today, without giving further details.

The attack comes a day after Kurdish security forces reportedly killed two of three attackers who stormed the Erbil governorate building, and arrested a third, who was wounded.

Kurdish media reports said later, however, that all of the three assailants were killed.
Posted by:trailing wife

00:00