ISIS Attack on Rival Sunni Tribesmen in Iraq Kills 17
Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah
8 Sep 2014
Members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria attacked a riverside town north of Baghdad Monday with gunboats and a car bomb, killing 17 people and wounding 54, a security source told Reuters.
The source said the attack on Dhuluiya, around 45 miles from the capital, was carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-sham (ISIS) before dawn and continued for two hours before the militants were pushed back.
Two suicide bombers - apparently targeting a meeting between security forces and Sunni militiamen - detonated car bombs in the town, police and medical sources told AFP.
The Sunni tribe has chosen to fight alongside Iraqi Shia forces against the Islamic State.
The town of Dhuluiya is in a belt of Sunni towns north of the Iraqi capital where the Islamic State has gained control having captured the northern city of Mosul.
On Sunday, U.S. military it launched fresh airstrikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq, targeting Islamic State militant group there for the first time in a move to prevent the group from capturing the vital dam.
Dams have been a key target for the jihadists, and there has been major fighting around Iraq's largest dam on the Tigris River north of militant-held second city Mosul, which has been a major focus of the US air campaign.
US officials have previously expressed concern about the integrity of both Haditha and Mosul dams, which require constant maintenance as a result of under-investment.The two dams are important sources of both power and irrigation water for farmers.
Previous strikes since Obama launched the US air campaign on August 8 had been mainly in support of Kurdish forces in the north.
International concern has been building for some time over ISIS - which has carried out numerous atrocities including killings, kidnappings and attacks on minorities in areas it controls in Iraq and Syria.
Obama, criticised last week for saying the US "did not have a strategy" to defeat Isis in Iraq and Syria, also gradually expanded his military objectives, saying the aim was to degrade and destroy Isis, rather than just to protect US citizens and vulnerable minorities.
The United Nations has accused IS of ethnic cleansing in northern Iraq, detailing a campaign of mass detentions and executions in Christian, Turkmen and Yazidi Kurdish areas.
Iraq’s Parliament speaker said members would vote on a cabinet during Monday’s session, though many anticipated a further delay. Even so, members of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra sat in the chamber on Monday, preparing in case there was something to celebrate.
Sources
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/world/middleeast/isis-kills-17-in-attack-on-rival-sunni-tribesmen-in-iraq.html
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Sep-08/269921-suicide-bombers-kill-10-in-iraq-town.ashx#axzz3CjrEwzm2
http://news.sky.com/story/1332094/is-in-deadly-gunboat-attack-on-riverside-town
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8 Sep 2014
Members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria attacked a riverside town north of Baghdad Monday with gunboats and a car bomb, killing 17 people and wounding 54, a security source told Reuters.
The source said the attack on Dhuluiya, around 45 miles from the capital, was carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-sham (ISIS) before dawn and continued for two hours before the militants were pushed back.
Two suicide bombers - apparently targeting a meeting between security forces and Sunni militiamen - detonated car bombs in the town, police and medical sources told AFP.
The Sunni tribe has chosen to fight alongside Iraqi Shia forces against the Islamic State.
The town of Dhuluiya is in a belt of Sunni towns north of the Iraqi capital where the Islamic State has gained control having captured the northern city of Mosul.
On Sunday, U.S. military it launched fresh airstrikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq, targeting Islamic State militant group there for the first time in a move to prevent the group from capturing the vital dam.
Dams have been a key target for the jihadists, and there has been major fighting around Iraq's largest dam on the Tigris River north of militant-held second city Mosul, which has been a major focus of the US air campaign.
US officials have previously expressed concern about the integrity of both Haditha and Mosul dams, which require constant maintenance as a result of under-investment.The two dams are important sources of both power and irrigation water for farmers.
Previous strikes since Obama launched the US air campaign on August 8 had been mainly in support of Kurdish forces in the north.
International concern has been building for some time over ISIS - which has carried out numerous atrocities including killings, kidnappings and attacks on minorities in areas it controls in Iraq and Syria.
Obama, criticised last week for saying the US "did not have a strategy" to defeat Isis in Iraq and Syria, also gradually expanded his military objectives, saying the aim was to degrade and destroy Isis, rather than just to protect US citizens and vulnerable minorities.
The United Nations has accused IS of ethnic cleansing in northern Iraq, detailing a campaign of mass detentions and executions in Christian, Turkmen and Yazidi Kurdish areas.
Iraq’s Parliament speaker said members would vote on a cabinet during Monday’s session, though many anticipated a further delay. Even so, members of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra sat in the chamber on Monday, preparing in case there was something to celebrate.
Sources
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/world/middleeast/isis-kills-17-in-attack-on-rival-sunni-tribesmen-in-iraq.html
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Sep-08/269921-suicide-bombers-kill-10-in-iraq-town.ashx#axzz3CjrEwzm2
http://news.sky.com/story/1332094/is-in-deadly-gunboat-attack-on-riverside-town
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