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Islamist insurgents seize parts of north Iraq town
Source: Reuters
Islamist insurgents seize parts of north Iraq town
BAGHDAD Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:25am EST
(Reuters) - Sunni Islamist insurgents took over parts of a town in northern Iraq on Thursday, local officials said, gaining further ground against the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad, which has also lost control of another city.
The mayor of Sulaiman Pek said the militants belonged to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a Sunni group that was involved in the takeover of the city of Falluja last month and is also active in neighboring Syria.
"We are still inside the government building in the town center surrounded by the gunmen. They are attacking us with rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns," mayor Talib Mohammed said.
"They are from the Islamic State of Iraq: we know them from the black flags they are flying... We demand the government intervene to help us".
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BAGHDAD Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:25am EST
(Reuters) - Sunni Islamist insurgents took over parts of a town in northern Iraq on Thursday, local officials said, gaining further ground against the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad, which has also lost control of another city.
The mayor of Sulaiman Pek said the militants belonged to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a Sunni group that was involved in the takeover of the city of Falluja last month and is also active in neighboring Syria.
"We are still inside the government building in the town center surrounded by the gunmen. They are attacking us with rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns," mayor Talib Mohammed said.
"They are from the Islamic State of Iraq: we know them from the black flags they are flying... We demand the government intervene to help us".
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/13/us-iraq-security-idUSBREA1C0Y420140213
