US-led coalition hits ISIS 'infested' island in Iraq with 80,000 pounds of munitions originally appeared on abcnews.go.comThe U.S.-led coalition conducted airstrikes against an Islamic State 'infested' island in Iraq on Tuesday in order to deny what had become a safe haven for the terror
The U.S.-led coalition conducted airstrikes against an Islamic State"infested" island in Iraq on Tuesday in order to deny what had become a safe haven for the terror group, according to Operation Inherent Resolve.
"Follow-on ground clearance operations are currently taking place by the 2nd Iraqi Special Operations Forces Battalion to destroy a major transit hub for [ISIS] members moving from Syria and the Jazeera desert into Mosul, Makhmour, and the Kirkuk region" of Iraq, the coalition said. Months after losing their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria, thousands of ISIS fighters were building an insurgency, forming sleeper cells in the desert or in caves or blending into local populations in Iraqi towns and cities.
— OIR Spokesman Col. Myles B. Caggins III September 10, 2019 ABC News"World News Tonight" Anchor David Muir recently got exclusive access to U.S. and Iraqi troops still fighting an enemy intent on re-surging there.
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