Police break open ISIS terror cell in Kirkuk
Three members of an alleged ISIS terror cell were arrested Tuesday in Kirkuk, a local police official told Rudaw. “The group was led by a terrorist named Jamil Talib Mahmood who managed to infiltrate Kirkuk from the ISIS-controlled areas in Kirkuk province,” said Brigadier Sarhad Qadir, chief of Kirkuk province suburban police. Qadir said the […]Three members of an alleged ISIS terror cell were arrested Tuesday in Kirkuk, a local police official told Rudaw. “The group was led by a terrorist named Jamil Talib Mahmood who managed to infiltrate Kirkuk from the ISIS-controlled areas in Kirkuk province,” said Brigadier Sarhad Qadir, chief of Kirkuk province suburban police.
Qadir said the members of the group had been involved with the Ansar al-Sunna terror organization prior to joining the Islamic State, or ISIS. Ansar al-Sunna was a Sunni insurgent group that fought against US troops and their local allies after the 2003 Iraq War.
