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Iraqi intel service, tribal fighters kill Islamic State commanders

Iraqi national security forces working closely with local tribal fighters say they have managed to kill two key Islamic State figures involved in planning suicide attacks.
Iraq's rapid response forces detain a man as they storm a house in the Tarmiya district.

ERBIL, Iraq — A man driving a car loaded with explosives who was thought to have been about to attack a police station detonated himself in the regional capital of the Sunni-majority Anbar province, Ramadi, about 100 kilometers west of Baghdad, on Oct. 3.

As of publication, the Islamic State (IS) had not yet claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.

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