Security arrest IS vehicle armoring technician in Samarra
A minor Islamic State fighter opening a group-made armored vehicle before carrying out a suicide bombing.
Samarra (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi security forces in Salahuddin province arrested on Wednesday an Islamic State member who was responsible for supplying the group’s combat vehicles with armors.
A statement by the Interior Ministry said the so-nicknamed “al-Bari” was arrested in the city of Samarra. It said he was wanted by authorities based on the anti-terrorism law.
Since Iraqi forces began recapturing areas occupied by Islamic State members since 2014, they occasionally ran into numerous munition reservoirs belonging to the group which gave insight into the group’s unusual arming techniques. Findings included decoy fighters and combat equipment as well as improvised vehicle shieldings and drones.
Islamic State militants are currently holding a few pockets in Nineveh, Salahuddin, Anbar and Kirkuk. Earlier this month, the group sustained defeat to Iraqi forces at its previously proclaimed capital: Mosul. The victory meant an effective collapse of the self-styled “caliphate” the group declared in 2014. Iraqi commanders say more than 25000 militants were killed since operations to retake the city launched in October 2016.
Many senior local and foreign leaders and lower-ranking commanders have been killed in the U.S,-backed Iraqi campaign to retake Iraqi cities.