BAGHDAD— Three fighters from a pro-Iranian militia
were killed in Iraq Friday when Daesh attacked their base near
Baghdad, a
paramilitary and a security source said.
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The men belonged to the Noujaba Movement, a part of the
Hashed Al-Shaabi coalition of Shiite militias that mostly back Iran.
Both sources said they were killed in an attack by Daesh on
their base in Tarmiya, north of Baghdad, with seven more fighters wounded.
Formed in 2014 to back the Iraqi army in its fight against
Daesh terrorists, the Hashed at the time controlled large swathes of the
country but have since been integrated into the armed forces.
In recent months the anti-American movement has hailed
attacks on American interests in Iraq, without claiming responsibility.
Both the US and Israel fear some Hashed units are under
Iranian orders rather than the Iraqi chain of command.
Some Daesh terror cells have remained active even after Iraq
declared the terrorist group defeated in 2017, especially in the Tarmiya region
and the deserts of northern Iraq.
They have attacked Iraqi security forces as well as the
Hashed and other Shiites, who form the majority of Iraq's Muslims but are seen
by Daesh as apostates.
Last month, Daesh claimed responsibility for an attack that
killed 30 people at a market in the densely-populated Sadr City area of
Baghdad.
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