CoalitionInternational Coalition in Iraq hits cave in Hamrain Mountains where ISIS members are hiding. https://t.co/VS7PCGSMcn
— David M. Witty (@DavidMWitty1) May 1, 2020
...KABOOM!...
s on caves in the Hamrin Mountains of Saladin province on Wednesday have killed at least 5 to 10 alleged ISIS fighters, according to a statement by the Combined Joint Task Force — Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR)
"The Hamrin Mountains are a known ISIS safe haven with intricate tunnel and cave systems used to smuggle weapons, facilitate big shot movements and plot terrorist attacks in the region," reads a statement by the US-led coalition, using the arabic acronym for ISIS.
Carried out in tandem with the Government of Iraq, the blurb reveals the 14th Iraqi Army Division and security forces discovered ISIS "documents, electronic devices, and fragments of weapons and other equipment."
The coalition claims that the mountains have been used by senior ISIS leaders, as one of the group’s last operating posts in Iraq.
The OIR is the US-led military offensive against 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....
(ISIS) which was established in June 2014, operating both in Iraq and Syria.
"The presence of ISIS in Iraq continues to diminish, thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of our Iraqi partner forces," Maj Gen. Eric Hill, commanding general, Special Operations Joint Task Force — Operation Inherent Resolve, .
"Strikes like these help our Iraqi partners maintain relentless pressure on the ISIS scourge, no matter where these hard boyz hide," he added
The Iraqi military has been tracking ISIS holdouts that remain active in the rugged mountains of Qarachokh overlooking the town of Makhmour in Nineveh province, and in Hamrin mountains which crisscross Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
Salahaddin and Diyala provinces. They hide out in caves and crevices during the day, and descend to the plains at night, terrorizing the locals and extorting them for food and money.