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Owen Holdaway

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INTERVIEW ON TAL-AFAR’S HISTORIC CITY CENTRE BEING RECAPTURED FROM ISIS BY THE IRAQI ARMY

Interview on France24 English on the recapture the city centre of Tal-Afar from ISIS by the Iraqi Army: http://www.france24.com/en/20170826-iraq-forces-take-70-percent-tal-afar-back-islamic-state-group

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AN ARTICLE ON THE RETAKING OF AL-NURI MOSQUE

An article for http://www.9news.com.au from Al-Nuri Mosque – where the ISIS leader Al-Baghdadi declared the Caliphate – immediately after the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces [ICTF] recaptured the area: http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/07/01/10/35/mosul-liberation-al-nuri-mosque

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ARTICLE ON ISIS SUICIDE ATTACK INSIDE WEST MOSUL

An article for http://9news.com.au on ISIS suicide bombers posed as Iraqi soldiers to trick Mosul’s liberated civilians: http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/06/24/08/52/suicide-bombers-posed-as-iraqi-soldiers-to-trick-mosuls-liberated-civilians

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AN ARTICLE OF BEING AN ISIS SNIPER BULLET BEING DEFLECTED BY A GOPRO IN WEST MOSUL

An article on the dramatic moment ISIS sniper’s bullet bounces off Iraqi cameraman’s GoPro – as Sun man films miracle escape just inches away https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3573603/sun-reporter-sniper-bullet-mosul-iraq/

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ARTICLE ON ISIS PLANNING CHEMICAL ATTACK NEAR BADUSH IN IRAQ

An article for the SUN newspaper on a potential chemical attack in Badush and the killing of civilians by ISIS in Northern Iraq: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3536839/isis-planning-deadly-gas-attacks-claims-iraqi-medic/

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A sniper attack in west Mosul

A sniper attack in west Mosul while embedded with the Iraqi Special Operation Forces: ISIS bullets whizz past Sun reporter on the ground in Mosul as snipers target journalists

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ARTICLE UNDER SNIPER FIRE INSIDE MOSUL

A Sun article on the offensive in the Western quarter of Mosul, just after they took the airport: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2968493/how-isis-barbarians-are-unleashing-snipers-armed-drones-and-poison-gas-car-bombs-in-fierce-final-defence-of-mosul/

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ARTICLE ON TAL-AFAR AND THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS IN THE WEST

An article with the Hashd-Al-Shaabi on the fight against ISIS west of Mosul near the town of Tal-afar: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2860099/as-isis-faces-oblivion-in-terror-stronghold-mosul-meet-the-fighters-blitzing-the-fleeing-fanatics-by-blocking-off-their-escape-routes/

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VIDEO OF JOINING AN IRAQI ARMY RAID ON FORMER ISIS HOTEL INSIDE MOSUL

A video of a clearance raid on the Nineveh international hotel near the Tigris river inside Mosul with the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces [ICTF]. https://www.thesun.co.uk/video/news/dramatic-anti-isis-raid-as-iraqi-forces-liberate-eastern-mosul/

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DOHUK ZOO

A film piece on Dohuk zoo in Northern Iraq for CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jane-goodall-lauds-edmonton-area-man-for-chimp-rescue-1.3879890

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