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Iraq
Paramilitary troops foil Islamic State attempt to sneak into Baghdad
2018-11-08
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government paramilitary troops have announced foiling an infiltration attempt by 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....
into Baghdad.

A statement by the media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said on Tuesday that troops "carried out a campaign after information indicated attempts by Islamic State to sneak through Jurf al-Nasr region to the northeast of the capital."

During the operation, according to the statement, "some tunnels, that the snuffies were going to use during their attempts, were found, in addition to explosives.

Militants usually attempt targeting Jurf al-Nasr region for its strategic location, linking between Baghdad, Babel and Karbala.
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