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In Jordan Hospital, Mental Trauma Scars Children Blown Apart By Bombs
As soon as the bombs exploded outside his house in the Iraqi town of Falluja, Rachid Jassam rushed onto the street to rescue the injured.
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As Offensive Nears, ISIS Rigs Mosul With Bombs
ISIS terrorists have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the terrorists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and US officials said.
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Nearly 120 Killed In Overnight Baghdad Bombings Claimed By ISIS
Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday.
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US-Led Strikes Pound ISIS In Iraq, Kill 250 Suspected Fighters
US-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against ISIS around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, US officials told Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected fighters killed and at least 40 vehicles destroyed.
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Iraqi Forces Take Falluja Government Building From ISIS
Iraqi forces on Friday entered the centre of Falluja, the Iraqi city longest held by ISIS, nearly four weeks after the start of a US-backed offensive that cleared out the tens of thousands of residents still there.
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Falluja Children Face Extreme Violence, UNICEF Says
At least 20,000 children remain inside besieged Falluja, ISIS's stronghold near Baghdad, facing the risk of forced recruitment in the fighting and separation from their families, the United Nations' children's agency said on Wednesday.
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Iraqi Army Pause At Southern Edge Of Falluja As ISIS Fights Back Vigorously
ISIS terrorists fought back vigorously overnight against an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Army Storms To Edge Of ISIS-Held Falluja Under US Air Support
The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of ISIS terrorists.
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Before Mosul, Iraqi Army May Face Fight At The Gates Of Baghdad
Iraqi forces may face a big battle near Baghdad before they can try to retake the ISIS stronghold of Mosul: Falluja, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists sitting at the western gates of the capital.
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Heavy Fighting as Iraqi Forces Try to Surround Falluja
Iraqi Shi'ite fighters and army troops made gains north of Falluja on Sunday but their efforts to seal off Islamic State militants in the city met heavy resistance, including suicide bomb attacks, army sources and militia fighters said.
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US Says Cannot Confirm Status of Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi After Strike
The United States cannot yet confirm whether the Islamic State commander, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed or wounded in Iraq following an air strike near the city of Falluja, a White House spokesman said today.
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Life Under Islamic State in Iraq's Falluja: Danger, Rage and Profit
After Islamic State seized Falluja in January it persuaded a man making covers for cars to sell suicide vests instead, one of many changes in the Iraqi city as it adapts to life under the ultra-hardline Sunni militants.
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Gunmen ram explosives-laden tanker into Iraq police headquarters, killing many
Scores of gunmen took over a federal police headquarters in northern Iraq on Friday before driving a tanker laden with explosives into the building, killing many, a government official said.
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Sunni Islamists overrun Iraqi town after seizing city
Sunni Islamist insurgents took over much of a northern Iraqi town on Thursday and laid siege to its town hall, weeks after militants seized a whole city from the country's Shi'ite-led government.
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Iraqi army prepares to storm militant-held Falluja
Iraqi security forces are preparing to storm Falluja and break a month-long standoff with militants who are in control of the city, senior security officials and troops told Reuters on Saturday.
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In Jordan Hospital, Mental Trauma Scars Children Blown Apart By Bombs
As soon as the bombs exploded outside his house in the Iraqi town of Falluja, Rachid Jassam rushed onto the street to rescue the injured.
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As Offensive Nears, ISIS Rigs Mosul With Bombs
ISIS terrorists have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the terrorists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and US officials said.
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Nearly 120 Killed In Overnight Baghdad Bombings Claimed By ISIS
Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday.
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US-Led Strikes Pound ISIS In Iraq, Kill 250 Suspected Fighters
US-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against ISIS around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, US officials told Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected fighters killed and at least 40 vehicles destroyed.
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Iraqi Forces Take Falluja Government Building From ISIS
Iraqi forces on Friday entered the centre of Falluja, the Iraqi city longest held by ISIS, nearly four weeks after the start of a US-backed offensive that cleared out the tens of thousands of residents still there.
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Falluja Children Face Extreme Violence, UNICEF Says
At least 20,000 children remain inside besieged Falluja, ISIS's stronghold near Baghdad, facing the risk of forced recruitment in the fighting and separation from their families, the United Nations' children's agency said on Wednesday.
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Iraqi Army Pause At Southern Edge Of Falluja As ISIS Fights Back Vigorously
ISIS terrorists fought back vigorously overnight against an onslaught by the Iraqi army on a southern district of the city of Falluja, the group's bastion near Baghdad, officers said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Army Storms To Edge Of ISIS-Held Falluja Under US Air Support
The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of ISIS terrorists.
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Before Mosul, Iraqi Army May Face Fight At The Gates Of Baghdad
Iraqi forces may face a big battle near Baghdad before they can try to retake the ISIS stronghold of Mosul: Falluja, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists sitting at the western gates of the capital.
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Heavy Fighting as Iraqi Forces Try to Surround Falluja
Iraqi Shi'ite fighters and army troops made gains north of Falluja on Sunday but their efforts to seal off Islamic State militants in the city met heavy resistance, including suicide bomb attacks, army sources and militia fighters said.
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US Says Cannot Confirm Status of Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi After Strike
The United States cannot yet confirm whether the Islamic State commander, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed or wounded in Iraq following an air strike near the city of Falluja, a White House spokesman said today.
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Life Under Islamic State in Iraq's Falluja: Danger, Rage and Profit
After Islamic State seized Falluja in January it persuaded a man making covers for cars to sell suicide vests instead, one of many changes in the Iraqi city as it adapts to life under the ultra-hardline Sunni militants.
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Gunmen ram explosives-laden tanker into Iraq police headquarters, killing many
Scores of gunmen took over a federal police headquarters in northern Iraq on Friday before driving a tanker laden with explosives into the building, killing many, a government official said.
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Sunni Islamists overrun Iraqi town after seizing city
Sunni Islamist insurgents took over much of a northern Iraqi town on Thursday and laid siege to its town hall, weeks after militants seized a whole city from the country's Shi'ite-led government.
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Iraqi army prepares to storm militant-held Falluja
Iraqi security forces are preparing to storm Falluja and break a month-long standoff with militants who are in control of the city, senior security officials and troops told Reuters on Saturday.
