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October 21, 2014
IS Now Lobbing Mortar Shells Into Baghdad's Green Zone
So that seems to be that then.
Meanwhile, IS launched 15 near-simultaneous attacks into Kurdish territory.
ISIS militants launched about 15 near-simultaneous attacks on Kurdish forces in northern Iraq on Monday in what Kurdish government officials and the news agency Rudaw said was a fierce and renewed push for territory.
ISIS also launched attacks against Mosul Dam, a strategic prize, and also renewed its offensive on the Sinjar mountain range in northern Iraq.
An ISIS-commandeered military truck loaded with explosives targeted a Peshmerga checkpoint along the security belt circling the dam, killing six security force members and injuring seven others critically, according to Peshmerga spokesman Said Mamazeen.
At almost the same time, ISIS militants launched an attack on the Nineveh Valley near the dam, which was repelled by Peshmerga forces using European and American weapons, the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Turkey has said it will allow peshmerga forces based in Turkey to cross the border to fight IS in Kobani.