...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) smuggler was arrested north of Baghdad, in an area vulnerable to the group’s attacks, state media reported on Thursday.
Iraqi forces arrested the smuggler in Tarmiyah district, finding weapons and equipment on him they say.
Both civilians and security forces are vulnerable to ISIS attacks in Tarmiyah. Locals say the Death Eater group regularly extorts the population and uses the area as a launchpad to target the nearby capital.
Iraqi forces launch frequent operations targeting the group’s remnants in the area. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced a new security operation in August.