Posted on 09/12/2014 11:30:29 PM PDT by GonzoII
Kurdistan
11 hours ago
DUHOK, Kurdistan Region—Kurdish forces have killed the commander of the Islamic State (IS) forces near Rabia in an ambush Thursday evening, said a Peshmerga leader.
“We destroyed two IS vehicles and when we checked the corpses we found that one of them was Ammar al-Hassan who was the most prominent IS leader west of the Tigris River,” Qasim Shesho, commander of the Peshmerga forces on Mount Shingal told Rudaw.
Shesho said that his forces ambushed the IS convoy at Guhbal town near the Rabia border crossing with Syria.
“Al-Hassan is a member of the Jiheshi tribe,” said Shesho. “He was in the Al-Qaeda for many years and later join the IS.”
Shesho who also leads new units of Yezidi fighters in the region said that Al-Hassan’s killing “would demoralize the Islamist fighters in the area.”
No Peshmerga casualties were reported in the fighting.
According to Shesho, three Yezidi girls had also escaped IS captivity on Thursday and reached the safety of Mount Shingal.
“Kurdish special forces picked up the girls and took them to Duhok,” he said.
The Yezidi girls, aged between 12 and 20, were captured by Islamist militants at Kucho village last month.
Unofficial sources in Kurdistan say that around 1,800 Yezidi women and young girls are currently held captive by the IS in Mosul and elsewhere in Iraq and Syria.
I’ll drink to that.
He shure blowed up good
That’s a crying shame. Enjoy your 72 demons.
Hmmmm...no beheading afterwards, no masks or shooting into the air in the photo, no dirty howls of Allah Ackbar? I can see how it’s so hard for Obama to figure out who are the GOOD GUYS in this fight.
Great news to see the Peshmerga operating near Rabiah.
They will really benefit from having that border crossing into Syrian Kurdistan after things settle down. Strike while the iron is hot.
Holding Rabiah could also allow them to block the Highway 1 avenue of retreat for the ISIS forces in Mosul, if/when they need to pull back to Syria.
If ISIS could be blocked on the highway trying to run from Mosul, they would be easy prey from the air - I recommend leaving a road open, to tempt them to try.
When you’re a bad person, the good guys are your enemy.
Osama bin Obama will take credit for this.
When this is over, Obama will give the remaining Christian homelands in Iraq to the Kurds as payment for their participation.
Hay, yu think we Peshmerga stupit!!??
Kurdish Forces Control Iraq-Syria Border Town [Cut Off ISIS Movement Back Into Syria]
Well done, Peshmerga!!!
God Bless the Kurds!
We need more good news like this! Baxtawar (good luck) to peshmerga!
Exactly!
soetoro saddened
Good for the Pesh, but unstated (as it should be) is there were most likely guys in funny green hats lurking about when this went down.
Well considering that the Sunnis of the Iraqi Army failed to protect the Christians, I think that the Christians will be glad to return to a Mosul that is defended by Kurds! The Kurds are the only group that have kept the Christians from annihilation.
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