8 Militiamen Die In Roadside Bombing Near Samarra
February 15 2019
Eight members of the government-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) have been killed in a bombing in central Iraq, reports Xinhua, China’s state news agency.
On Thursday, a PMF convoy was hit by two roadside bombs while on their way to conduct a search operation near Samarra in Saladin province, about 75 miles (120 km) north of Baghdad, said a provincial security official.
Hussein Attia, the leader of the militia, was killed in the bombing, the official said. Seven others were...
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