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Most of 53rd Iraqi Army brigade taken captive by ISIL in Fallujah

Iraqi soldiers from the 53rd Iraqi Army Brigade take part in traffic control point training conducted by US Soldiers on October 15, 2009.

Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A security source stated to IraqiNews.com that gunmen from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took most of the 53rd Iraqi Army Brigade as captives in Fallujah district on Saturday.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com “ISIL elements captured 75 members of the Brigade headed by General, Hamid al-Alwani, and killed a commander of a regiment in addition to two snipers.”

“They cordoned the Brigade then captured its elements,” the source concluded.

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