BAGHDAD -- Iraqi soldiers backed by Shiite militiamen
retook control Sunday of a Sunni town seized previously by Islamic
militants, said an Iraqi official and state-run TV, a rare victory for
Iraqi security forces that have been battling to regain areas lost to
the militants.
The provincial official said
that government forces entered Jurf al-Sakhar, which fell to fighters
from the Islamic State group in late July.
Col.
Muthana Khalid, spokesman of the Babil provincial police, said the
battle over the town left dozens of militants dead or wounded.
"Our
soldiers raised the Iraqi flag over government offices and buildings in
the town. It is another victory achieved against the terrorists,"
Khalid added.
The town, 50 kilometers (30
miles) south of the capital, is part of a predominantly Sunni ribbon
that runs just south of Baghdad.
State-run TV
showed footage of Iraqi soldiers walking near Jurf al-Sakhar police
station and the municipal building. Also, explosive experts were shown
detonating some roadside bombs planted by the insurgents in order to
delay the advance of the Iraqi forces.
The
cleared town lies on a road usually taken by Shite pilgrims who will be
heading in droves to the holy Shiite city of Karbala next week in order
to commemorate the death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein -
one of the most revered Shiite martyrs.
The
Islamic State group captured large swaths of territory in western and
northern Iraq in an offensive earlier this year, plunging the country
into its worst crisis since U.S. troops left at the end of 2011.
Meanwhile,
the U.S. military said Sunday it launched airstrikes north and west of
Baghdad, hitting a small Islamic State group unit and destroying armed
vehicles.
Police and hospital officials said a
bomb exploded on a commercial street in western Baghdad, killing three
people and wounding eight others. In southern Baghdad, a bomb blast near
a line of shops killed two persons and wounded seven others.
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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