Mosul update

[davis411]

1 hour ago, Synopsis said:

Good News DWS112 and Thank You for posting! Hope you are having a Good Morning!

Maybe Saturday, April 1 Abadi will announce Mosul as fully taken from ISIS - no foolin'!

Just thinking out loud.

Go Moola Nova!

wow that would be something

that is my bday

my parents thought I was a joke

but nope

come Iraq, give it all to me that day including rv

[deniscanada]

 

An advocate allows the withdrawal of its elements from the battles of Mosul

http://www.nna-iq.com/archives/66891

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Observer / NNA

According to intelligence sources from inside the city of Mosul that some of the leaders of the supporter of the terrorist issued a ruling in which allowed the elements to withdraw from the fighting in the city.

The sources told the Nader / News Agency that some of the leaders of the Da'ash terrorist issued a ruling authorizing the withdrawal of its elements from the battles in the right coast of the city of Mosul, based on the ruling on Ibn Taymiyah's interpretations of the possibility of withdrawal from the fighting when the number of infidels twice the number of Muslims citing verses of the Koran (Now God relieved you and learned that you are weak) and to know the leaders of the terrorist advocate that the defeat confirmed after losing most of the leaders and elements and stores of weapons and weapons in the battles of the right coast of the city of Mosul, and became an escape for its elements to arrange his condition, And the one who gives them that day will be able to do it only in a manner of fighting or biased).

It is noteworthy that the joint operations and coalition forces recently announced that they were targeting the aircraft for the purposes of Ockar sheltering the leaders of the organization in the city of Mosul.

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[3n1]

sure hope they never allow 1 isis terrorist the opportunity to terrorize humanity again ... 

[tigergorzow]

1 hour ago, 3n1 said:

sure hope they never allow 1 isis terrorist the opportunity to terrorize humanity again ... 

3n1,  Agree....Personally I do believe they should issue the death warrant to them all because they had the opportunity to surrender but they chose death so give them death.   JMO

[boosterbglee]

No mercy...they had no mercy on innocent civilians...ugly, dirty war is almost over!  Thanks for your effort to keep us posted Tiger!

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Cancer causing foods smuggled into Mosul, says MP

March 30 2017 11:25 PM

Cancerous foods sweeps Iraq

Large amounts of carcinogenic food have been smuggled into Mosul amid escalating levels of cancer injuries, MP for Nineveh, Salem al-Shobaky, told The Baghdad Post on Thursday.

In a statement, al-Shobaky said, "Some parties who work against the interests of the Iraqi people have smuggled cancer causing foods into the city of Mosul".

Medical sources said that most of the families in Mosul had been hit by cancer recently.

They added tests on the food items prove they contained chemicals related to cancer. 

Shobaky said the deteriorating security situation in Mosul had thwarted access to medicines in the affected areas. 

Thousands of Iraqis are still caught in crossfire in the ISIS-held areas in the city's right bank. They suffer a severe lack in food, water and medicines. 

Shobaky indicated some areas in the newly-liberated left bank also suffer the same crises.

An offensive started on February 19 to retake Mosul's right bank from ISIS terrorists.

The offensive, code-named 'We are coming, Nineveh', could liberate most of areas in the right bank. However, thousands of civilians were reported killed, injured or displaced.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/8809/Cancer-causing-foods-smuggled-into-Mosul-says-MP

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Security forces recapture two villages in Badush near Tel Afar

March 30 2017 12:31 PM

Breaking

The Iraqi Army 9th Division and 71^st Brigade captured al-Rahaneyya and al-Sabouneya in Badush area near Tal Afar, security sources told The Baghdad Post.
 

These efforts come as part of an offensive launched on 19^th of February by the Iraqi forces to liberate the right bank of Mosul from ISIS terrorists.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/8786/Security-forces-recapture-two-villages-in-Badush-near-Tel-Afar

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi Federal Police push deep to control Grand Nouri Mosque in Mosul

March 30 2017 02:39 PM

Iraqi Federal Police

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) on Thursday made advances towards 'Grand Nouri' Mosque in old City of Mosul among severe clashes with ISIS terrorist group.

ISIS is trying to to tighten its grip on the landmark Mosque in which ISIS leader Ibrahim al-Samarrai, also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, appeared in June 2014 after the terrorist group captured the city. 

In a statement on Thursday, Commander of Iraqi Fedral police LT. Gen Raed Shkir Gawdat said that Iraqi troops cordoned off the Mosque surrounding area to prevent any potential support for the terrorists.

The police forces recaptured Qadheeb al-Ban district and a sport stadium in the western wing of Mosul city, he added.

The operations are part of a massive offensive launched by Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on February 19 to take control of the western side of the embattled city of Mosul which has been under the control of ISIS since June 2014.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/8790/Iraqi-Federal-Police-push-deep-to-control-Grand-Nouri-Mosque-in-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

16 ISIS terrorists killed in southern Salahuddin

March 30 2017 04:40 PM

ISIS

Iraqi security forces have killed 16 ISIS terrorists in al-Naba'ai neighborhood in al-Dajil district, security sources told The Baghdad post on Thursday.

Iraqi security forces launched a major security operation to liberate the neighborhood of al-Dajil district and seized several explosives, locally-made weapons and ammunition, the sources added.

Six ISIS terrorists were also detained in the raid, according to the sources.

Security forces have taken control of the areas linking between Anbar, Salahuddin and Nineveh provinces.

The operations are part of a massive offensive launched by Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on February 19 to take control of the western side of the embattled city of Mosul which has been under the control of ISIS since June 2014.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/8795/16-ISIS-terrorists-killed-in-southern-Salahuddin

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ISIS kills three civilians in Mosul's right bank

March 30 2017 08:39 PM

ISIS militants

 

ISIS terrorists have killed three civilians in Mosul's right bank, security sources told The Baghdad Post.

The victims were killed for attempting to flee the ISIS-held Abar (Wells) district to neighborhoods recaptured by the governmental forces, the sources said.

The Iraqi army, supported by the International Coalition airstrikes, have so far liberated most of the right bank.
 
However, the rules of engagement adopted by the forces were heavily slammed by lawmakers and human rights activists for not taking the lives of civilians into consideration.
 
Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, fell to ISIS in June, 2014 after the Iraqi forces had mysteriously withdrawn the battle fields. 

The terror group has committed a series of atrocities against civilians including mass executions and abduction of women.

On Wednesday, Commander of 'We are coming, Nineveh' offensive to retake Mosul's right bank, Lt Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid al-Yarallah announced 1000 ISIS terrorists had been killed since the start of the operations on February 19th.  

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/8803/ISIS-kills-three-civilians-in-Mosul-s-right-bank

[ChuckFinley]

Looks they are wrapping things up. Things are about to get interesting for all of us.  

[tigergorzow]

Mosul residents pleading for help due to random bombing

March 30 2017 02:58 PM

Iraqi civilians

 

Residents of densely-populated Mosul's  right bank are pleading for help due to random shelling over their houses and the killing of tens of defenseless civilians, eyewitnesses told The Baghdad Post. 

Dozens were buried under the rubble as the shelling targeted houses of civilians, they added, noting that some of them starved to death.

Random shelling by the Iraqi forces and US-led Coalition on three buildings on March 17, followed by other airstrikes four days later, has left hundreds of casualties in Mosul Jadedah neighborhood in western the right bank of Mosul.

The intelligence sources said Iran's spies within the Joint Operations Command had provided misleading information that led to the killing of hundreds of innocents. 

The Shiite country is waging a psychological warfare in Mosul to show the U.S. as an aggressor not a liberator, they added.



They also affirmed the Mullah regime had provided ISIS terror group with shoulder-fired missiles to attack the U.S.-led coalition forces.   

The Iranian plot mainly targeted the Sunni areas in Mosul, they added, stressing Tehran aims to exclude the U.S. from the Sunni areas and incite residents against them.

Tehran is widely accused of fanning sectarianism in the Middle East and supporting terror militias all over the Arab world.

It also has strong ties with ISIS and other extremist groups. It had harbored large number of al-Qaeda jihadist group senior figures after the September 11 terror attack against the U.S.  

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/8791/Mosul-residents-pleading-for-help-due-to-random-bombing

[tigergorzow]

Up to 100 bodies 'still buried under rubble' in Mosul

March 30 2017 11:47 PM

More bodies still under rubble after botched raid

Mostapha Hassan

 

Over 100 bodies of the civilians killed in a botched raid carried by the US coalition on March 24th are still buried under the rubble, local sources said on Thursday evening.

The raid was carried out on areas in the right bank of Mosul and left hundreds of civilians killed.

Recently released information asserts that about 100 bodies of civilians are still hidden under the rubble in Rajm a-Hadid neighborhood, the sources added.

Police and army forces bar journalists and aid workers  from getting to the scene of the raid in fear of exposing the real figures of casualties.

The air raid was conducted to take out an ISIS terrorist. But hundreds of civilians have been killed.

The Mosul district council called for an immediate halt of airstrikes in the city’s west and to declare it a “disaster zone' after over 500 citizens had been killed in deadly air raids.

Tallies released by  the  Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 500. 

A leaked audio recording of a closed-door meeting held a few hours ago by the Iraqi vice president Osama al-Nujaifi with several politicians revealed that the real toll from the strike is 550 civilians. Many of them are women and children.

According to this leak, the senior officials spoke about more than 2000 people buried under the rubble. 

The Pentagon last Friday acknowledged that the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS terrorists carried out an airstrike in a western Mosul neighborhood and that it is "looking into" reports that the bombing left more than 100 civilians dead.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/8810/Up-to-100-bodies-still-buried-under-rubble-in-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi forces advance on Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri

March 30 2017 10:41 PM

Federal police commander

Commander of Federal Police Units Gen. Raid Shaker Jawdat said Thursday the forces said Thursday three wings have been opened for the forces to advance on Great Mosque of al-Nuri  in the right bank of Mosul.

The Rapid Response Forces and the Federal Police Units are tightening the noose around the terrorists of ISIS in the areas located in the vicinity of Great Mosque of al-Nuri, he added in a statement. 

The military official yet stated that ISIS terrorists are losing their supply routes and there is confusion hitting the ranks of its elements.

It is noteworthy that al-Hadbaa lighthouse Nuri is located within the historic mosque where ISIS leader Baghdadi preached the terrorist when they took control of the city of Mosul in 2014.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/8807/Iraqi-forces-advance-on-Mosul-s-Great-Mosque-of-al-Nuri

[Synopsis]

The second to the last article opens, "More bodies still under rubble after botched raid. Over 100 bodies of the civilians killed in a botched raid carried by the US coalition on March 24th are still buried under the rubble, local sources said on Thursday evening."

Something that just dawned on me is since ISIS is using civilians as human shields, could there have been verifiable evidence that there was an extremely high value target amongst the civilians with an extremely narrow window of opportunity to neutralize? If so, who was this person if the intel was correct? Will this person or persons be dug up as the recovery of bodies continues? We may or may not know. We may even see articles stating, "XXXXXXXX (high value target(s)) perishes due to helicopter crash during training exercise in YYYYYYY (remaining held ISIS training area)."

Just thinking out loud. I hate to see civilians loose their lives especially by mistakes.

Go Moola Nova!

[tigergorzow]

Video: IS militant forcibly using Iraqi child as human shield in Mosul

 

by Mohamed Mostafa Mar 30, 2017, 9:58 am

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A sniper of the Iraqi Federal Police takes his position at a destroyed builiding near Islamic State fighters’ positions at Bab al Jadid district in the old city of Mosul, Iraq, March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

 

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A video released by the Iraqi Federal Police service purports to show an Islamic State militant in Mosul forcing an Iraqi child to stand as a human shield during encounters with security forces.

On its facebook page, the Federal Police command explained that the video, apparently filmed through a combat equipment, was shot during fights with IS members in central Mosul’s Old City district.

Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led international coalition, recaptured eastern Mosul in January after three months of fighting to retake the city that fell to Islamic State extremists in 2014. The government launched a new offensive in February to retake the city’s western side.

Police and supporting forces said recently they became closer to the Old City’s Nuri al-Kabir mosque, where IS supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the establishment of the group’s rule in Iraq and Syria. They had earlier recaptured the city’s airport and biggest military base besides several other districts since the launch of the campaign. The army’s leadership said recently government troops became in control over 50 percent of the region.

The United Nations, Iraqi generals and aid groups have accused IS of using civilians as human shields. Iraqi commanders said the practice was behind recent casualties in western Mosul blamed on coalition airstrikes,

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/video-militant-forcibly-using-iraqi-child-human-shield-mosul/

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Officer: troops ordered to avoid heavy weaponry in Mosul to avoid civilian deaths

 

by Mohamed Mostafa Mar 30, 2017, 11:41 am

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Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

 

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have been directed to avoid using heavy weaponry in battles with Islamic State militants in western Mosul as dozens of civilian casualties had sparked an international uproar.

The Joint Operations Command had received directives from the Armed Forces leadership to not to use heavy weapons and smart guns in operations to recapture the remaining parts of western Mosul, DPA quoted a senior Iraqi officer saying.

Mohamed al-Jubouri, a brigadier-general from the JOC, said the command forwarded the instructions to troops on field, including the Federal Police and the Rapid Response forces, urging to avoid using heavy weapons in bombarding IS havens so as to prevent more civilian casualties.

He said that while IS continue to use civilians as human shields, large numbers of militants flee battlefronts to outside Mosul.

The Pentagon has recently said it was going to investigate reports saying that at least 240 civilians died when fighter jets from the U.S.-led international coalition bombarded IS locations in a western Mosul district on March 17th. Its officials, however, said it was difficult to avoid civilian deaths and stressed that combat strategies were not going to be changed.

The JOC, which has been leading battles against IS in Mosul since October, has said it found no evidence that civilians died due to airstrikes, and accused IS of fabricating such allegations to defame the security campaign and detonating civilians’ homes to push back security troops.

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/officer-troops-ordered-avoid-heavy-weaponry-mosul-avoid-civilian-deaths/

[yota691]

International Alliance: Number of «Daesh» fighters in Mosul, less than a thousand

4 hours ago | Wrote: Deutsche Welle |

 

 

International Alliance: the number of "Daesh" fighters in Mosul, less than a thousand

 

After the number was about two thousand at the start of the attack on the west of Mosul, a spokesman for the international coalition against said «Daesh» The remaining number of its fighters «less than a thousand now». US General also provided justification for the mistakes of the coalition bombing Almdnyin.kdr international coalition against the organization «Islamic State» that fewer than a thousand jihadist still in Mosul, where Iraqi forces are engaged in fierce battles with the support of the coalition, according to a US military official said Thursday.

 

Colonel Joe Skeroka coalition spokesman said the number of jihadists was «almost two thousand» at the start of the attack on the west of Mosul mid-February, and «we believe they are less than a thousand now». The US spokesman said that the organization of «Islamic State» deliberately pushing the alliance to commit through the collection of civilians in buildings errors and attempt to expose it to the air raids. He added that «the organization of the Islamic state to pay civilians trying to enter the building and urged the coalition to launch an attack» to take advantage of «public discontent» and the climate «horror». He continued «the first time yesterday filmed scenes video» for this method, pointing out that «fighters from the organization of the Islamic State forced civilians to enter the building through the killing of one of them showing resistance and then use this building» to fire on Iraqi forces. He acknowledged the military commander of the alliance, Gen. Stephen Townsend, this week that a blow to the alliance on March 17 caused a «likely» the killing of dozens of civilians. But US military leaders assert that the munitions used in the day in question is not sufficient to bring about this much destruction and human losses. They suspect that the building Fajkh or the explosion of a truck bomb the latest greater damage.

[nannab]

Yota this is what we have been waiting for ! 1000 4hrs ago=  BOOM ALL DONE.!!!

Thank you Sir for the best ah second best news 

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IS execute 23 civilians in western Mosul, arrest leader over treason

 

by Mohamed Mostafa Mar 30, 2017, 1:25 pm

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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State executed 23 civilians in western Mosul on Thursday for refusing to evacuate, and arrested a senior commander over treason.

Dijlah TV quoted eyewitnesses saying that an Islamic State firing squad shot dead 23 civilians from Ras al-Jada and Malaab areas in western Mosul for refusing to evacuate homes and move to other districts with the militants. The execution was carried out at Zanjili district in central Mosul, according to the witnesses.

 

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Zanjili district, western Mosul (google maps)

ِAslo in central Mosul, a trainer at Mosul’s sports club and his wife were killed when a Kateyusha missile landed on their home in Deka Barka neighborhood, according to the channel.

Meanwhile, Alsumaria News quoted local sources saying the Islamic State arrested an elite commander of al-Farouq battalion and 20 other members in Tal Afar town, an IS stronghold west of Mosul. The source said those arrested were accused of “breaching the pledge of allegiance” to IS supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The source added that the arrest took place while the commander was arresting a leadership meeting.

Iraqi forces launched a major campaign in February to retaken western Mosul, having retaken the east in January. Iraqi commanders, aid groups and U.N bodies have accused IS of using civilians as human shields. Occasional news reports have highlighted internal divisions within IS ranks as the destiny of Baghdadi grew murkier

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/execute-23-civilians-western-mosul-arrest-leader-treason/

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Video: IS militant forcibly using Iraqi child as human shield in Mosul

 

by Mohamed Mostafa Mar 30, 2017, 9:58 am

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A sniper of the Iraqi Federal Police takes his position at a destroyed builiding near Islamic State fighters’ positions at Bab al Jadid district in the old city of Mosul, Iraq, March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

 

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A video released by the Iraqi Federal Police service purports to show an Islamic State militant in Mosul forcing an Iraqi child to stand as a human shield during encounters with security forces.

On its facebook page, the Federal Police command explained that the video, apparently filmed through a combat equipment, was shot during fights with IS members in central Mosul’s Old City district.

Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led international coalition, recaptured eastern Mosul in January after three months of fighting to retake the city that fell to Islamic State extremists in 2014. The government launched a new offensive in February to retake the city’s western side.

Police and supporting forces said recently they became closer to the Old City’s Nuri al-Kabir mosque, where IS supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the establishment of the group’s rule in Iraq and Syria. They had earlier recaptured the city’s airport and biggest military base besides several other districts since the launch of the campaign. The army’s leadership said recently government troops became in control over 50 percent of the region.

The United Nations, Iraqi generals and aid groups have accused IS of using civilians as human shields. Iraqi commanders said the practice was behind recent casualties in western Mosul blamed on coalition airstrikes,

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/video-militant-forcibly-using-iraqi-child-human-shield-mosul/

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Security forces advance and liberate more areas in Mosul

 

by Loaa Adel Mar 30, 2017, 4:29 pm

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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Commander of the Counter-Terrorism 2nd Operations Brigade announced on Thursday, that security forces continue to advance against the Islamic State militants in the terrorist group-held areas in Mosul.

Major General Moen al-Saadi said in a press statement that security forces are advancing significantly against the Islamic State terrorist group.

Forces from Iraqi Army and police managed to impose their control on important and strategic areas in the western and southern axes of Mosul, including Silo plants, Health Control Directorate, and some service departments, Saadi added.

Nineveh Province is witnessing extensive military operations, after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced launching an offensive to liberate the western side of the city of Mosul, in addition to capturing the last stronghold of the Islamic State in the city.

Iraq is witnessing an extraordinary security situation, where ongoing military operations take place to drive out the Islamic State, while the US-led international coalition intensifies its air strikes on the group’s headquarters.

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/security-forces-advance-liberate-areas-mosul/

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Over 18,000 children recruited by IS: Source

 

by Nehal Mustafa Mar 30, 2017, 4:59 pm

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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Number of children who were recruited by the Islamic State fighters in Mosul have exceeded 18,000, according to a senior security source. Many of them resorted to refugee camps with their families.

Speaking to Al-Ghad Press on Thursday, the source said that IS recruited more than 18,000 children below the age of 18 years old through mobilization of the school students.

Security troops obtained the full names of those recruited by IS, he said, adding that university students were forcibly divided among different specializations that serve IS purposes in Mosul.

“The security committee in charge of reviewing the situation in Mosul revealed that thousands of recruited children are there among displaced families,” he said indicating follow up on them to seeking rehabilitation in coordination with religious endowments and education ministries.

IS recruits children to carry out terrorist and suicide attacks.

Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights reported earlier this week that 197 children have been taken hostage by the IS militants near al-Nouri Grand Mosque in west Mosul where the Iraqi troops have closed in on the militant group.

Mosul is the Islamic State’s strongest stronghold in Iraq. Eastern Mosul was recaptured from IS in January, after a US-backed offensive was launched in October. A new offensive started in February to retake the west.

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/18000-children-recruited-source/

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Gunmen attack IS militants houses with hand grenades in Tal Afar

 

by Loaa Adel Mar 30, 2017, 5:16 pm

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Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A local source in Nineveh Province informed that the houses of three members of the Islamic State group were attacked with hand grenades in Tal Afar District, west of Mosul, Alsumaria News reported on Thursday.

The source said, “Today, unidentified gunmen attacked, using hand grenades, houses of three members of the Islamic State in a residential neighborhood in Tal Afar District, west of Mosul, resulting in the burning of two vehicles, as well as inflicting material losses on the houses.”

“The incident is the first of its kind,” the source added on condition of anonymity. “The Islamic State imposed a curfew in the area, and started extensive search operations in the residential neighborhood,” the source further explained.

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/gunmen-attack-militants-houses-hand-grenades-tal-afar/

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Mark 9 verse 42

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

ISIS will pay dearly