Iraqi army kills four Islamic State terrorists in Diyala
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) ‐ The Iraqi army announced on Wednesday that four members of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
terrorist group were killed in the eastern province of Diyala.
In a blurb carried by the Arabic-language Alghad Press, the Iraqi Security Media cell said that a joint military force stormed an Islamic State hotbed in the Kelal valley, 90km northeast of Baqubah, as part of the third phase of the "Victory Will" operation.
"The troops managed to destroy the hotbed completely, killing four Islamic State faceless myrmidons inside," added the statement.
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...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) remnants.
The operation is collaboration between domestic forces, including Baghdad Operations Command, federal police, the army, intelligence services, Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF), and counter terrorism and air forces, as well as international assistance from the US-led international coalition, according to Iraq’s Ministry of Defense.
The PMF claimed to have reached all of their objectives for the third phase of Will of Victory, in a statement released on Tuesday.
"PMF was able to clear 147 villages in Diyala and djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, and destroyed 17 ISIS workshops used to manufacture improvised bombs (IEDs)," the statement said on Tuesday.
"PMF also destroyed two ISIS tunnels and four oil tankers that belonged to ISIS and were being prepared for illegal export," it added.
The group also claimed that areas north of the Diyala river are no longer under ISIS threat after the completion of its part of the operation.
A Tuesday statement from Iraq’s Ministry of Defense claimed the clearance of parts of Nineveh from ISIS remnants, as well as suspect arrests.
"Iraqi forces cleared the Sheikh Ibrahim and Badush mountain ranges and their surrounding villages in Nineveh from ISIS bad boys," according to the statement.
"Iraqi army units in Nineveh arrested 17 suspects believed to be ISIS bad boys," it added.
Iraqi troops destroy five Islamic State hideouts in Diyala
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) ‐ An Iraqi police chief announced on Wednesday the destruction of five hideouts of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
terrorist group in Diyala province.
"Five Islamic State hotbeds were destroyed Wednesday on the outskirts of Khanaqin and in Jalawla districts in Diyala as part of the third phase of the Victory Will operation," Diyala police chief Maj. Gen. Faisal Kazem al-Abadi told the privately-owned Alghad Press website.
Abadi pointed out that Iraqi troops will step up their efforts to arrest Islamic State