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5 Iraqis Killed, Indiscriminate Arrests Resumed in the Northern Provinces, by Iraqi Security Forces, Using IS Allegation

June 11, 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 and allegation 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 security forces arrest an alleged suspected fighter of the Islamic State group during a military operation (file).	Indiscriminate arrests in the Iraqi northern provinces, June 11, 2019

 

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

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Iraqi government security forces intensified indiscriminate arrests of citizens in the northern beleaguered provinces. This included about 10 different agencies from the army, intelligence, police, and militias, who arrest people on daily basis by breaking into their homes at night. All of them inflict extreme cruelty on the population, to maintain the subjugation of the northern provinces. The arrestees are labeled as former members of ISIS, to justify their arrests, and keeping them detained indefinitely.  عودة الإعتقالات العشوائية للمدن المنكوبة ومصير مجهول للمعتقلين 11 يونيو 2019 ، يقين عادت الاعتقالات العشوائية في مدن شمالي العراق وغربه للظهور مجدداً، لكن هذه المرة بشكل شبه يومي وبعمليات دهم ليلية للمنازل، لا تقتصر على الجيش أو الشرطة، بل يجتهد في تنفيذها أيضاً الحشد “الشعبي”، مخلّفةً بيوتاً بلا معيل وأسئلة لا مجيب عنها بشأن مصير من يتم اعتقالهم بدون مذكرات. وقالت مصادر صحفية في حديث لها إن “خبراء ووجهاء وأعيان وناشطون في تلك المناطق ،يحذرون من أنّ أخطاء ما قبل تنظيم الدولة”داعش” عادت مرة أخرى وبشكل قد يكون أكثر قسوة، بسبب تعدد الجهات الحاملة للسلاح التي قد تصل في المنطقة الواحدة إلى 10 جهات، مثل الجيش العراقي والشرطة المحلية والشرطة الاتحادية وجهاز مكافحة الإرهاب وقوات التدخل السريع، وقوات “سوات” ومفارز الأمن الوطني ووحدات الاستخبارات العسكرية وخلية الصقور، عدا عن الفصائل المسلحة في “الحشد” التي يصل عددها في بعض المدن والمحافظات لعشرين فصيلاً في مكان واحد، فيما كلّ فصيل يعمل بمعزل عن الآخر”. وبينت أن “المواطنين الذين اختاروا البقاء تحت حكم تنظيم الدولة “داعش” خلال سيطرته على المدن، على النزوح في الخيام، هم أبرز المستهدفين في تلك الاعتقالات، إذ يتعرّضون للتدقيق الأمني باستمرار، مع ما يرافق ذلك من تشابه أسماء ووشايات من قبل المخبرين السريّين”. وتابعت أن “المثير للجدل هو منح كثير ممن يتم اعتقالهم صفات ومناصب بتنظيم الدولة “داعش” لا وجود لها من الأساس في أبجديات التنظيم وعمله، ليكون ذلك بمثابة مدخل للتشكيك بقدرة الاستخبارات العراقية على حماية المواطنين، والتعامل وفق القانون مع الجميع، كما تكشف عن التخبط في عمليات الاعتقال ووقوع المدنيين الأبرياء ضحايا لها”. وأشارت إلى أن “ناقل الانتحاريين، أمير كتيبة الهاونات، مسؤول السبايا، مسؤول بيت المال، مسؤول المداهمات، أمير الإعدامات، مسؤول التفخيخ، أمير الانتحاريين، مسؤول التغذية، شرعي زواج النكاح، حاجب الخليفة أبو بكر البغدادي، عضّاضة داعش، أمير ديوان العلاقات، أمير الغزوات، مؤسس داعش في المنطقة الفلانية، أمير التحريض على القتال، مسؤول التنسيق بين المحافظات، وأخيراً منشد الخلافة، كلّها تسميات ومناصب لا وجود لها في واقع التنظيم وينكرها أصلاً، إلا أنها تتصدر بيانات عاجلة وأخرى مفصّلة للقوات العراقية، فمن أين تأتي بها؟”. ولفتت إلى أن “خلية الإعلام الأمني التي تشكلت قبل مدة كانت بهدف تلافي هذا الخلل، لكن الخلية المشكّلة رغم ذلك، لم تستطع إيقاف نهم المسؤولين الأمنيين وقادة الحشد وزعماء العشائر المقاتلين، للظهور الإعلامي والإعلان عن انتصارات تسجّل لهم، بينها ما ليس له محل من الإعراب”. https://yaqein.net/politics/200241

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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 security arrest Islamic State suspect in Dhi Qar

by Mohammed Ebraheem

June 10, 2019, 12:46 pm

DHI QAR (IraqiNews.com) –

Iraqi security forces arrested on Monday an Islamic State suspect in the southern province of Dhi Qar, a security source was quoted saying.

The militant was arrested at a security checkpoint while trying to enter Basra coming from Mosul city, the source said.

The suspect is wanted by the Iraqi judiciary pursuant to article no. 4 of the anti-terrorism law for joining the IS militant group, the source added.

Former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against Islamic State in Iraq on December 9, 2017 three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory.

Iraqi troops kill two (alleged) IS members, destroy seven tunnels in Nineveh

by Mohammed Ebraheem Jun 9, 2019, 6:24 pm

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) –

Iraqi security forces on Sunday killed two (alleged Islamic State members) and destroyed seven tunnels during a military operation in Nineveh province.

The Iraqi Security Media Cell, in a press statement, said that security forces in the Nineveh Operations Command found seven Islamic State tunnels and a locally-made explosive charge during a military operation in Shaikh Ibrahim town in Nineveh.

The troops are now working on destroying the seven tunnels, the statement read.

In the Old City of Mosul, the troops killed two (alleged Islamic State members), include a suicide bomber, during a crackdown to purge the area surrounding the Great Mosque of al-Nuri from Islamic State terrorists.

The Islamic State group appeared on the international scene in 2014 when it seized large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria, declaring the establishment of an Islamic “caliphate” from Mosul city.

Alleged Islamic State member killed in clashes with security forces in Diyala

by Mohammed Ebraheem Jun 8, 2019, 12:44 pm

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) –

An (alleged IS member) was killed Saturday in a firefight with Iraqi security forces in Diyala province, a security source said.

Speaking to Mawazin News, the source said that security forces clashed with an Islamic State member on the outskirts of Mandali town in Balad Ruz district, Diyala, leaving him dead.

“The clashes also left a police officer wounded,” the source said, adding that the security situation is now under control.

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.

Two (alleged) Islamic State militants killed in gunfight with Iraqi forces in Anbar

by Mohammed Ebraheem Jun 4, 2019, 1:33 pm

Anbar (IraqiNews.com) –

Iraqi security forces killed on Tuesday two (alleged IS member) in the western province of Anbar, an Iraqi mayor said.

Shaker Mahmoud, the mayor of Anbar’s Al-Ameriya district, told Al-Ahd news website that an army force, backed by policemen and tribal fighters, clashed with two IS militants, who infiltrated into al-Abar city in western the district coming from neighboring Syria.

The two (alleged IS members) were killed in the gunfight, the mayor added.

Earlier in the day, an (alleged) IS suicide bomber was killed while driving his motorbike in al-Qa’im district, west of Anbar.

Iraqi forces thwart car bomb attack in Gogjali, militant arrested

by Loaa Adel Jun 3, 2019, 5:30 pm

Nineveh (IraqiNews)--

 Iraqi security forces announced, on Monday, foiling a booby-trapped vehicle attack and arresting a militant in Gogjali area, east of Mosul.

In a press statement, the Media Cell said that the security forces apprehended a suspect, after a partial explosion in a pick-up vehicle, in front of his house in Gogjali area in the city of Mosul.

The suspect claimed to have bought the vehicle recently, while a number of improvised explosive devices were found in the vehicle’s back, the statement added.

The statement also revealed that the incident did not cause any human losses, while pointed out that investigations are ongoing to discover the circumstances of the incident.

Meanwhile, Head of the Security Committee in the Nineveh Provincial Council, Mohammed Ibrahim, announced that security forces managed to thwart the car bomb attack in Gogjali area of ​​Kokli.

Ibrahim said in a press statement that forces from al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Paramilitary militia) managed to dismantle a car bomb in Gogjali area, without causing any significant losses.

The security forces arrested the suspect, who had the car bomb at his house, he added.

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