Iraqi Intelligence Detains Key IS Arms Supplier Linked to 2014 Massacre - Statement
Iraqi military intelligence said on Thursday it managed to detain a senior member of the Islamic State terror group (IS, outlawed in Russia), who was responsible for deliveries of weapons and was linked to the 2014 Speicher massacre
BAGHDAD (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th March, 2019) Iraqi military intelligence said on Thursday it managed to detain a senior member of the Islamic State terror group (IS, outlawed in Russia), who was responsible for deliveries of weapons and was linked to the 2014 Speicher massacre.
"During a special operation ...
the units of military intelligence of the operation command in the province of Nineveh detained one of the members of the IS leadership, who was responsible for security issues," the statement said.
The detained terrorist is known as one of the most dangerous militants, who took part in the Speicher massacre and ensured arms deliveries to the terror group.
The Speicher camp was taken by the IS militants during the group's full-scale offensive in 2014 and resulted in the murder of at least 1,566 Iraqi Shiite cadets.