US: IS Attacks Elsewhere Have Not Shaken Focus on Mosul

Efforts by the Islamic State terror group to draw attention away from the Iraqi-led assault on the key northern city of Mosul are having little if any impact, according to U.S. defense and intelligence officials. IS fighters started launching a series of counterattacks hundreds of kilometers away from the main battlefront Friday, carrying out attacks on the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and in the town of Dibis. More than 100 people, including security personnel, were killed in the Kirkuk...

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