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Iraq
Iraqi forces kill 3 terrorists with close connections to ISIS leader
2020-02-25
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Security Media Cell in Iraq announced on Monday the killing of 3 Lions of Islam close to the leader 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) terrorist organization and the arrest of seven others in northern Iraq.

"The Special Operations Heroes of the [anti-terrorist] organization carried out an airdrop with the support of the international coalition aircraft, through which they killed three Lions of Islam close to the leader of ISIS and arrested seven terrorists."

The cell indicated that these Lions of Islam were in the Zghitoun Valley in the governorate of Kirkuk.
Related:
Islamic State: 2020-02-23 19 ISIS militants killed in Afghan Special Forces raid, airstrikes in Kapisa and Kunar
Islamic State: 2020-02-23 Nearly 10,400 civilians killed, wounded in Afghanistan in 2019: UN
Islamic State: 2020-02-22 US ‘Playing Games’ With Taliban Peace Talks, Has ‘No Intention of Leaving Afghanistan’ - Academic
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Kirkuk: 2020-02-20 Gunmen kill 4 Kurdish villagers amid disputed territory security vacuum
Kirkuk: 2020-02-19 Four people were killed, as #ISIS carried out an attack in the south of #Kirkuk province
Kirkuk: 2020-02-14 Rocket attack hits northern Iraq base hosting US troops
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