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  • 2nd update: iraq claims further advances against islamic state militants

    09/01/2014 11:47:57 AM PDT · by GonzoII · 22 replies
    Alliance News/LSE ^ | Mon, 1st Sep 2014 | Alliance News
    Baghdad (Alliance News) - Iraqi government and Kurdish forces on Monday retook two more towns from the militant Islamic State organization, officials said, building on recent gains against the radical jihadists. Government troops, backed by Shiite militiamen and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, recaptured the northern town of Suleiman Pek, an official said. "Elite troops were able today to fully purge Suleiman Pek of the Islamic State," spokesman for Iraq's anti-terrorism agency, Sabah al-Numan, told independent site al-Sumaria News. "The troops hoisted the Iraqi flag on top of the town hall." Suleiman Pek is located near Amerli, which Iraqi troops regained on...