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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Nine Arrested

March 19, 2015 Erin Cunningham , ISIS 0 Comments
Tunisia Promises 'Merciless War Against Terrorism' 

Police officers are seen on the pavement outside 
parliament in Tunis March 18, 2015. 
REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
By Erin Cunningham, Mar. 19, 2015, WashingtonPost.com

TUNIS — The Islamic State said Thursday that two of its fighters had carried out an attack on a museum here that killed 20 foreign tourists, a rampage that raised fears of the jihadist group’s growing international footprint.

In an audio recording distributed online, the Islamic State said the two gunmen, both said to be Tunisians, struck “citizens of the Crusader countries” in the attack on Wednesday, according to a translation by the SITE Intelligence Group.

The statement marked the first time the Islamic State has claimed an operation in the tiny North African nation, although the group boasts thousands of Tunisian fighters among its ranks in Iraq and Syria. It was not possible to independently confirm the claim by the Islamic State.

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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Now what?

October 11, 2014 Anbar Province , Erin Cunningham 0 Comments
Islamic State Fighters Are Threatening To Overrun Iraq’s Anbar Province

By Erin Cunningham, Oct. 9, 2014, Washingtonpost.com  

BAGHDAD — Islamic State militants are threatening to overrun a key province in western Iraq in what would be a major victory for the jihadists and an embarrassing setback for the U.S.-led coalition targeting the group.

A win for the Islamic State in Anbar province would give the militants control of one of the country’s most important dams and several large army installations, potentially adding to their abundant stockpile of weapons. It would also allow them to establish a supply line from Syria almost to Baghdad and give them a valuable position from which to launch attacks on the Iraqi capital.

The Islamic State’s offensive in Anbar has received less attention than its assault on the Syrian border city of Kobane, which has played out in view of news photographers standing on hills in nearby Turkey. But in recent weeks, Islamic State fighters have systematically invaded towns and villages in Anbar, besieged army posts and police stations, and mounted attacks on Iraqi troops in Ramadi, the provincial capital.

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