Suicide attackers from the Islamic State group killed at least 12 Iraqi forces in a brazen attack on police training at a military base Sunday, officials said.
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A military spokesman said the attack was carried out by suicide vehicle bombers and fighters wearing explosive belts.
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ISIL claimed responsibility for the blasts in a statement distributed by supporters online, adding that “trainers from the rejectionist army” were targeted.
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An Iraqi forensic team extract the remains of the bodies belonging to Shi’ite soldiers from Camp Speicher killed by Islamic State militants in the former USA army base in Tikrit April 6, 2015.
As government forces mounted their final assault to retake the key city – controlled by the Sunni terror group since May – ISIS began to pull families out of their homes and move them to the eastern part of the city.
The country’s second-largest city, with more than 1 million people, Mosul is about 250 miles north of Baghdad. In mid-July, Iraqi troops launched a major offensive to liberate Fallujah, as well as Ramadi, from IS militants.
Ramadi recapture will give a fillip to Sunni reconciliation measures initiated by Haider Al Abadi, the Iraqi Prime Minister heading Shiadominated government.
Iraqi cities-Mosul and Falluja- fall between Ramadi and capital Bagdad; cutting off supply lines to Falluja will cost IS dear making it too hard to hold on to that city for long. He says the troops responded to the attacks and did not lose territory.
A coalition air strike on December 24 in Syria killed Charaffe al Mouadan, a Syria-based Islamic State member with a direct link to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the coordinated bombings and shootings in Paris on November 13 which killed 130 people, Warren said. The military responded by killing at least 42 militants including the bombers, the ministry said.
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Osama Sami/AP Iraqi forces celebrate after taking ground in Ramadi, Iraq, late last month.
