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Iraq
60 militants of IS group killed in airstrikes in Iraq
2021-04-08
[AlAhram] The Iraqi aircraft, in coordination with the Counter-Terrorism Service, conducted Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on IS group hideouts in Himreen mountain range, leaving 60 IS Death Eaters killed, front man of the Iraqi military, said on Wednesday


A total of 60 Death Eaters 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....
(IS) group were killed in earlier airstrikes in a mountainous area in Salahudin province, north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said on Wednesday.

The Iraqi aircraft, in coordination with the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), conducted airstrikes on IS group hideouts on March 25
Wait — that’s two weeks ago. We used to get more timely reports before Iraq News stopped updating their English language website.
in Himreen mountain range, leaving 60 IS Death Eaters killed, Yahia Rasoul, front man of the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi forces, said in a statement.

On March 24, Rasoul said in a statement that the Iraqi security forces, backed by US-led coalition and Iraqi aircraft, launched the offensive on March 9 and continued for 14 days in the Makhmour mountain range in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, destroying 120 IS group positions and killing 27 IS bully boys.
Impressive numbers!
According to Rasoul, March's offensive forced the IS Death Eaters to flee to alternative hideouts in Himreen Mountain in Salahudin province.

The mountains and vast rugged areas north of Baghdad have witnessed intense activities of the IS Death Eaters during the past months, despite repeated military operations to hunt them down.
Related:
Himreen mountain: 2019-10-11 5 killed, 7 wounded in ISIS attack in eastern Iraq
Himreen mountain: 2019-04-23 Iraqi special forces conduct airborne operation to kill 7 ISIS leaders
Himreen mountain: 2008-06-16 Al-Qaeda to send 25 female suicide bombers to Diala
Related:
Salahudin: 2020-11-30 Rocket hits oil refinery in Iraq's north, no casualties
Salahudin: 2020-05-24 Two ISIS leaders killed in eastern Syria raid: Coalition
Salahudin: 2020-05-18 6 ISIS terrorists, policeman killed in attacks in Salahudin and Diyala
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