KIRKUK (AFP) — Iraqi army units are searching for Al Qaeda members in a remote hilly area where they are believed to have fled after falling out of favour with tribal leaders in former strongholds.
For the past two days, Iraqi army units, with US air support, have been moving through the Hamreen region, southwest of the city of Kirkuk, which they say has become a major insurgent stronghold.
"Our plan is to eliminate all pockets of the insurgency and this will go on for the next month to search out their bases," said Major General Anwar Hama Amin, leader of the Kirkuk-based division of the Iraqi army.
"These operations are being conducted according to intelligence we have received, though we have yet to clash with the insurgents because they keep fleeing our forces."
Iraqi forces that is.
Other Iraqis are hunting al Qaeda as well.
Ever wonder why you never read any of this on the BBC?
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