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Owen Holdaway

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20 YEARS ON SINCE THE FALL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN

A TV report from Mosul in northern Iraq on the 20-year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq:

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SURVIVING ISIS IN FALLUJAH IRAQ

An article for the SUN newspaper on a father who lost his family in a car bomb in Fallujah, Iraq: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4882200/iraqi-dads-wife-and-kids-killed-by-isis-bomb-while-trying-to-flee-terror-group-in-fallujah/

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INTERVIEW ON THE LIBERATION OF TAL-AFAR

An interview on France24 on the announcement by the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi of the liberation of Tal-afar from the so-called Islamic State https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RzIYrNdEE&t=12s

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THE UPCOMING BATTLE FOR HAWIJA

An article for the SUN on the upcoming battle for ISIS last major stronghold in Iraq Hawija: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4376154/inside-the-battle-for-isiss-last-major-iraqi-stronghold-where-troops-face-fight-to-the-death-against-2000-bloodthirsty-jihadis/

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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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ARTICLE ON THE LIBERATION OF HATRA FROM THE SO CALLED ISLAMIC STATE

An article in the SUN on the liberation of ancient Assyrian city of Hatra by the Popular Mobilization Forces [PMU]: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3463619/iraqi-forces-push-isis-jihadis-out-hatra/

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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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POV VISION OF INTENSE CLASHES AGAINST ISIS INSIDE WESTERN MOSUL

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AlEdgLDp0U[/embedyt] POV [point of view] vision of the battle for the ‘old quarter’ of Western Mosul with the elite “Swat” unit of the Federal Police. The GoPro footage show running past various ISIS sniper position to the Federal Police’s […]

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