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US-Led Air Strikes Continue on Sunni Arab Areas in Iraq and Syria, Car Bombing in Hilla

March 6, 2016

Editor's Note:

There were about 60 people, who were killed in a Hilla, Iraq, car bombing reported today. At the same time, there were scores of Iraqis and Syrians killed and injred in Sunni Muslim Arab areas in Iraq and Syria, who were not mentioned in the Western media. In addition, thousands of innocent civilians have fled their homes as a result of the US-led air strikes and Iraqi government forces' attacks, which are usually not covered in the corporate US-EU media.

 

Site of a car bmbing attack in Hilla, Iraq, March 6, 2016 reut	3,800 families flee the Iraqi government forces' attacks on Sunni Arab areas, in Salahuddin Province, particularly west of Tikrit and Samarra, March 6, 2016.

اعتراف حكومي اا نزوح نحو 4000 عائلة جراء المعارك الدائرة في محافظة صلاح الدين

تاريخ النشر : الأحد 06-03-2016 02:15 مساء

اعترف مجلس مايعرف بمحافظة صلاح الدين ، اليوم الاحد ، بنزوح أكثر  3800 عائلة من المحور الغربي بالمحافظة، بسبب المعارك الدائرة فيها والقصف العشوائي الانتقامي الذي تنفذه القوات الحكومية على هذه المناطق . 

وقال المعاون الأمني الحالي لمحافظ صلاح الدين "إبراهيم ذياب"بتصريح صحفي لوكالة اخبارية إن " أكثر من ثلاثة آلاف و830 عائلة نزحت من مناطق الجزيرة، غربي تكريت، واللاين غربي سامراء استقرت قرب مدينة تكريت، بضمنهم 832 عائلة في منطقة العباسية، شمالي قضاء سامراء". 

وأضاف ذياب أن "المنظمات غير الحكومية والأهالي قدموا ما يستطيعون من متطلبات إغاثة للنازحين، داعيا الحكومة والمنظمات الانسانية الى تقديم مساعدات عاجلة لإغاثة العوائل النازحة". يقين نت + وكالات

http://www.yaqen.net/news.php?action=view&id=39294

بغداد اا مقتل تاجر وإصابة نجليه بانفجار عبوة لاصقة.. البصرة اا تظاهرات حاشدة للمقاولين للمطالبة بصرف مس.. الحراك الطلابي اا تواصل الاحتجاجات الغاضبة في الجا.. مواقف اا الهيئة تنعى رئيس حزب المؤتمر الشعبي السود..

بابل اا مقتل وإصابة أكثر 120 شخصا بينهم عناصر من ا.. الحراك الطلابي اا تواصل الاحتجاجات الغاضبة في الجا.. بغداد اا العثور على جثث مجهولة الهوية شرقي العاصمة.. بغداد اا قتلى وجرحى بانفجار عبوة ناسفة في الغزالية..

البصرة اا تظاهرات حاشدة للمقاولين للمطالبة بصرف مس.. ديالى اا قتلى من الجيش الحكومي بينهم ضابط بانفجار .. النجف اا طلبة جامعة الكوفة يتظاهرون للمطالبة باقال..

صلاح الدين اا ميليشيا الحشد الشعبي وحزب الله يفجرو.. اعتراف حكومي اا نزوح نحو 4000 عائلة جراء المعارك ا.. بغداد اا مقتل وإصابة أكثر من 10 اشخاص بانفجار شمال..

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Islamic State truck bomb kills at least 60 people south of Baghdad

Reuters, Sunday, Mar 6, 2016, 10:46am EST

BAGHDAD --

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 70, medical and security officials said.

Responsibility was claimed in a posting on the website of the Amaq news agency, which supports the ultra-hardline Sunni group.

"A martyr's operation with a truck bomb hit the Babylon Ruins checkpoint at the entrance of the city of Hilla, killing and wounding dozens," the statement on the Amaq website said.

Hilla is the capital of Babylon province, a predominantly Shi'ite region with some Sunni presence.

"It's the largest bombing in the province to date," Falah al-Radhi, the head of the provincial security committee, told Reuters. "The checkpoint, the nearby police station were destroyed as well as some houses and dozens of cars."

A provincial hospital official confirmed the number of casualties. Many had suffered burn injuries.

(Reporting by Ali al-Rubaie and Saif Hameed; Writing by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by David Goodman and Susan Thomas)

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US-Led Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL in Syria, Iraq

From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release

http://www.defense.gov/News

SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 5, 2016 —

U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.

Strikes in Syria

Rocket artillery and attack aircraft conducted two strikes in Syria:

-- Near Al Hawl, a strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed six ISIL buildings and two ISIL vehicles.

-- Near Palmyra, a strike destroyed two ISIL fighting positions and damaged an ISIL fighting position.

Strikes in Iraq

Ground attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 12 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Al Baghdadi, a strike destroyed an ISIL rocket rail and an ISIL mortar position.

-- Near Albu Hayat, a strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle bomb.

-- Near Fallujah, a strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL bed down location.

-- Near Kisik, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL vehicles, two ISIL mortar positions, four ISIL vehicle bombs, and seven ISIL fighting positions.

-- Near Mosul, a strike destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun position.

-- Near Qayyarah, a strike destroyed an ISIL rocket position.

-- Near Ramadi, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL staging area, an ISIL tunnel, and an ISIL front end loader.

-- Near Sinjar, a strike destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun position.

-- Near Tal Afar, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL assembly area.

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US Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq

From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release

http://www.defense.gov/News

SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 4, 2016 —

U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.

Strikes in Syria

Attack and fighter aircraft conducted six strikes in Syria:

-- Near Hasakah, four strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL vehicle and damaged an ISIL tunnel system.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, two strikes struck two ISIL petroleum pipelines.

Strikes in Iraq

Fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted eight strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Baghdadi, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL sniper position.

-- Near Beiji, a strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed 16 ISIL vehicles.

-- Near Fallujah, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

-- Near Kisik, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL supply cache.

-- Near Mosul, a strike destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.

-- Near Sinjar, two strikes destroyed three ISIL heavy machine guns, two ISIL fighting positions and two ISIL assembly areas.

-- Near Sultan Abdallah, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL weapons cache, an ISIL bed-down location and three ISIL fighting positions. 

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Chairman Discusses State of Middle East With Israeli Leaders

By Jim Garamone DoD News, Defense Media Activity

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, March 4, 2016 —

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff finished two days of meetings with U.S. and Israeli defense leaders today.

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. met with Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, the chief of the Israeli Defense Forces, and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon.

“They have a unique perspective on the region -- a unique perspective on the challenges we have in Syria, in particular,” Dunford said during an interview.

The chairman also wanted to hear about Exercise Juniper Cobra, a major U.S. European Command exercise that included 1,700 U.S. service members. The ballistic missile defense exercise used computer simulations to train U.S. and Israeli military personnel. The exercise has been held every other year since 2001, Eucom officials said.

Interoperability

The exercise “was to demonstrate interoperability, if not true integration,” Dunford said. “The feedback I had from the joint task force commander, [Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy M. Ray], … and the rest of the team is they felt pretty good about where they are.”

http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/686549/chairman-discusses-state-of-middle-east-with-israeli-leaders  

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