ກອງທັບ ສະຫະລັດ ກ່າວວ່າ ການໂຈມຕີທາງອາກາດ ຂອງ
ແນວໂຮມ ໄດ້ສັງຫານ ຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານເຮັດອາວຸດເຄມີ ຂອງກຸ່ມ
ລັດອິສລາມຄົນນຶ່ງ ໃນອາທິດແລ້ວນີ້ ໃກ້ກັບເມືອງ Mosul
ຂອງອີຣັກ.
ຢູ່ໃນຖະແຫລງການ ຂອງກອງບັນຊາການທະຫານສະຫະ
ລັດ ໃນເຂດພາກຕາເວັນອອກກາງ ອາຟຣິກາເໜືອແລະ
ເອເຊຍກາງຫລື CENTCOM ໃນວັນສຸກວານນີ້ ໄດ້ລະບຸ
ວ່ານັກຊ່ຽວຊານຄົນນັ້ນກໍແມ່ນ ທ້າວ Abu Malik. ຖະ
ແຫລງ ການກ່າວວ່າ ທ້າວ Malik ເປັນນັກວິຊະວະກອນ
ອາວຸດເຄມີພາຍໃຕ້ການປົກຄອງຂອງ Saddam Hussein
ກ່ອນເຂົ້າຮ່ວມກຸ່ມກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ al-Qaida ຢູ່ ອີຣັກ ໃນປີ 2005.
ຖະແຫລງການມີຂື້ນບໍ່ເທົ່າໃດຊົ່ວໂມງ ຫລັງຈາກກຳລັງຊາວເຄີດໃນອີຣັກ ໄດ້ຕ້ານຢັນ
ແລະຂັບໄລ່ການບຸກໂຈມຕີຄັ້ງໃຫຍ່ ໂດຍພວກນັກລົບ ລັດອິສລາມ ຢູ່ໃນແຂວງ Kirkuk.
ບັນດາເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ກ່າວວ່່າ ນາຍພົນຈັດຕະວາ ຊາວເຄີດ ທ່ານ Shirko Fatih ແລະບັນດາ
ນັກລົບ Peshmerga ຂອງຊາວເຄີດ ອີກຢ່າງໜ້ອຍຫ້າຄົນ ໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດ ຈາກການສູ້ລົບ
ຢູ່ໃນເມືອງ Kirkuk.
ນັກຂ່າວວີໂອເອ ພະແນກພາສາເຄີດຄົນນຶ່ງ ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນເມືອງດັ່ງກ່າວເວົ້າວ່າ ພວກຫົວຮຸນ
ແຮງລັດອິສລາມ ໄດ້ເລີ້ມທຳການໂຈມຕີມາຈາກຫລາຍໆດ້ານ ຢູ່ທາງກ້ຳຕາເວັນຕົກ
ແລະຕາເວັນຕົກສຽງໃຕ້ຂອງເມືອງ ໃນຕອນແລງວັນພະຫັດທີ່ຜ່ານມາ ກ່ອນກຳລັງຮັກ
ສາຄວາມປອດໄພ ສາມາດບຸກເຂົ້າຍຶດເອົາພື້ນທີ່ຄືນຈຳນວນນຶ່ງໃນວັນສຸກວານນີ້.
The U.S. military says a coalition airstrike killed an Islamic State chemical weapons expert last week near the Iraqi city of Mosul.
The U.S. Central Command, in a statement Friday, identified the target as Abu Malik.It said Malik had been a chemical weapons engineer under the rule of Saddam Hussein, before joining al-Qaida in Iraq in 2005.
The statement came hours after Iraqi Kurdish forces withstood and repelled a major attack by IS fighters in Kirkuk province.
Authorities say Kurdish Brigadier General Shirko Fatih and at least five Kurdish Peshmerga fighters died in the Kirkuk fighting.
A VOA Kurdish reporter in the city said IS militants launched their attack from several fronts west and southwest of the city late Thursday, before security forces recaptured some of the territory on Friday.
In an interview with VOA's Kurdish service, Kirkuk Governor Najmaldin Karim said many Islamic State militants were killed or wounded in the fighting.He also said Kurdish forces were anticipating further attacks and remained on high alert.
"Kirkuk is now quiet but our forces remain on high alert because … ISIS will try again at some point," Karim said."I like to thank the coalition forces as well for helping us.Their strikes were very effective and they were very helpful to the Peshmerga forces."
Elsewhere, security officials say twin bombings in a crowded marketplace in Baghdad killed at least eight people and wounded 20 others.Four others were reported killed near the city of Samarra.
Islamic State militants have captured large areas in Iraq and Syria, declaring those lands a caliphate that all other Muslims should follow.
