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12 Iraqis Killed in US-Israeli Air Strikes, Arrests of Citizens Continue in Northern Provinces for ISIS Membership Allegations

August 25, 2019

Editor's Note:

The following are just examples of news stories about the continuous Iraqi government war to subjugate the northern provinces, using the pretext of fighting ISIS, or responding to alleged ISIS attacks, which no longer exists, according to the announcements of the Iraqi government itself.

Daily news stories can be accessed from the news sources listed below and others in the internet. Most likely, the available news stories are biased, as these do not include the two sides.

 

Iraqi government soldiers arresting citizens from northern provinces, file, August 25, 2019	US war planes operating in Iraq, file, August 20, 2019

Iraqi government militiamen, Hashd, file

The following are news stories from the independent Iraqi Arabic news agency, Yaqein ( http://yaqein.net/ ):

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2 Iraqi government militiamen killed, one injured, two vehicles destroyed in attacks by two unknown drones, in Western Anbar Province, about 15 kilometers away from the Iraqi-Syrian border. August 25, 2019 Source: Yaqein neww agency. مقتل وإصابة 3 عناصر من الحشد غربي الأنبار 25 أغسطس 2019 | الكاتب:يقين   أعلن مصدر أمني اليوم الأحد مقتل وإصابة 3 عناصر من الحشد جراء قصف طائرتين مسيرتين غربي محافظة الأنبار. وقال المصدر في تصريح صحفي إن “طائرتين مسيرتين مجهولتين استهدفتا، اليوم نقطة ثابتة للحشد في قاطع عمليات الأنبار (15 كم عن الحدود العراقية السورية)”. وأشار إلى أن “القصف أسفر عن مقتل عنصرين اثنين وإصابة آخر، بالإضافة إلى احتراق عجلتين”.

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The following are news stories from a pro-Iraqi government website (http://www.iraqinews.com/), which usually reports those who are killed by Iraqi government attacks as Islamic State fighters, implying no civilians were killed by bombing residential neighborhoods:

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Iraqi troops apprehend two (alleged members of the) Islamic State in Mosul

by Mohammed Ebraheem Aug 25, 2019, 1:48 pm

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) –

The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that its forces arrested two (alleged members of the) Islamic State terrorist group in Mosul city.

“Nineveh police forces captured two members of Diwan al-Jund (soldiers department) of the Islamic State group,” Major General Saad Maan, the ministry’s spokesman, said in a press statement.

According to the spokesman, the operation was conducted based on judicial arrest warrants, adding that they were arrested in the western side of Mosul.

Iraq declared the collapse of Islamic State’s territorial influence in November 2017 with the recapture of Rawa, a city on Anbar’s western borders with Syria, which was the group’s last bastion in Iraq.

ISIS declared a self-styled “caliphate” in a third of Iraq and neighboring Syria in 2014. A government campaign, backed by a U.S.-led international coalition and paramilitary forces, was launched in 2016 to retake IS-held regions, managing to retake all havens, most notably the city of Mosul, the group’s previously proclaimed capital.

Iraqi security forces arrest (an alleged) Islamic State photographer in Mosul

by Mohammed Ebraheem Aug 21, 2019, 3:03 pm

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) –

The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that its forces arrested an (alleged members of the) Islamic State in Mosul city.

“Acting on intelligence information, a Nineveh police force arrested an (alleged) Islamic State member, who was working as a photographer at the terrorist group’s media network,” Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, the ministry spokesman, told the privately-owned IKH News website.

“The arrestee confessed that he was responsible for photographing terrorist acts carried out by IS militants in Mosul city and publishing them on the group’s media platforms,” the spokesman said.

Former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi announced in July 2017 liberation of the second largest Iraqi city of Mosul from IS militants, who had captured it in 2014. More than 25,000 militants were killed throughout the campaign, which started in October 2016.

The campaign was backed by paramilitary troops and a U.S.-led international coalition.

Iraqi intelligence arrest three (alleged members of the) Islamic State in Ninewah

by Mohammed Ebraheem Aug 18, 2019, 8:02 pm

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) –

Iraqi military intelligence forces arrested on Sunday three (alleged members of the) Islamic State during a military operation in Nineveh province.

In a press release carried by Iraqi TV channel Alsumaria News, the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate said its troops arrested the three terrorists in al Sahaji village, west of Mosul.

The three (alleged members of the IS), according to the statement, were implicated in several attacks against Iraqi security forces in Mosul city.

The arrest of the Islamic State militants was based on intelligence information, added the statement.

US-Led international coalition air strikes kills six (alleged members of the) Islamic State in Iraq’s Ninewah

by Mohammed Ebraheem Aug 20, 2019, 9:51 pm

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) –

The Iraqi army announced on Tuesday that six (alleged members of the) Islamic State were killed in an airstrike by the US-led international coalition in Ninewah province.

“A joint force of the army’s 66th and 22nd brigades clashed with (an alleged number of members of the) Islamic State near the Atshana Mountains, northwest of Mosul, forcing them to retreat to a safe place inside one of tunnels,” the Security Media Cell said in a press statement.

“Later, the US-led international coalition bombarded the tunnel, leaving six (alleged) IS militants dead and a terrorist hotbed destroyed,” added the statement.

Another Mysterious (Israeli) Airstrike Hits Iran-Backed Militia In Iraq

Radio Free Europe, August 20, 2019, Radio Farda

A day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted Israel might be behind airstrikes on Iran-allied militias in Iraq, another mysterious attack hit a weapons depot north of Baghdad.

Several blasts hit a position held by Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitaries next to Balad air base on Tuesday, an Iraqi military official and a source in a paramilitary group said.

In recent weeks attacks have hit weapons depots, bases or positions belonging to factions within the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Iraq's umbrella of mostly Shi'ite Muslim paramilitary groups supported and supplied by Iran.

The military official said the intended target of the blasts was the group's position near the base. The paramilitary source said his group's weapons depot was specifically targeted by an aerial bombardment.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Witnesses said the explosions caused stored rockets to fly into nearby orchards and into Balad base itself.

Last week, a blast at a weapons depot run by a PMF group sent rockets careening across southern Baghdad, killing one person and wounding 29 others. Police at the time attributed the explosion to poor storage and high temperatures, but a government investigation is underway.

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi last week ordered all ammunition dumps belonging to the armed forces or paramilitary groups to be moved outside of cities.

He also cancelled all special flight permissions for Iraqi and foreign aircraft, meaning sorties including by the U.S.-led coalition operating against Islamic State militants must be cleared in advance by the prime minister.

Some analysts have suggested the strikes might have been carried out by Israel, which last year signaled that it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done with scores of air strikes in Syria.

"Iraq's air defenses have very high capability, but one thing they couldn't detect is an advanced Israeli air attack," said Baghdad-based security analyst Hisham al-Hashimi, who advises the government.

The U.S. coalition has denied any involvement in the recent explosion

https://en.radiofarda.com/a/another-mysterious-airstrike-hits-iran-backed-militia-in-iraq/30119827.html

3 (alleged members of the) Islamic State killed by Iraqi security in Diyala, 2 caught in Mosul

by Mohamed Mostafa Aug 12, 2019, 3:32 pm

Diyala (IraqiNews.com)--

 Three (alleged members of the) Islamic State were killed on Monday as part of an Iraqi security operation in a region between the provinces of Diyala and Salahuddin, while two others were arrested in Mosul.

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd) said through their media outlet that forces killed the militants  at Mutaibija. A fourth militant was arrested during the operation, according to PMF media.

Iraq security authorities announced earlier this month they launched an operation, backed by the international coalition against IS, to clear northern Baghdad, Diyala, Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces from remnant terrorist cells.

Meanwhile, Interior Ministry spokesperson, Saad Maan, said in a statement that two IS militants, who worked for the extremist group’s health and recruitment divisions. The pair was arrested in al-Maamoun district in the west of Mosul, the group’s formerly-proclaimed capital, according to the statement.

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