Iraq insurgents destroy key bridge

Sally

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I think it will take a miracle to get rid of these Islamic extremist nuts. Pity the unfortunate people who are living in the areas in which these nuts are operating.


Iraq insurgents destroy key bridge


Tuesday, 29 July 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria destroyed on Tuesday a key bridge on the highway leading north from Baghdad, a move that could further hamper Iraqi government efforts to battle jihadists.

The destruction of the bridge, just south of the city of Samarra, cuts a vital supply line for the Iraqi army and will further dampen its hopes of retaking the city of Tikrit, further north.

“Daash militants detonated a suicide truck bomb on the bridge over the Tharthar canal, destroying two spans,” a police colonel told AFP, using the Arabic acronym for the former name of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

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