Latest Iraq War 6pm Wednesday 16th July 2014 Tony 3u4 peace Sry the news from Iraq is so slow , world news has shifted to whats going on in Israel Palestine war Reuters) - Sunni Islamist insurgents who control large parts of northern Iraq attacked a town north of Baghdad early on Sunday, seizing local government buildings, police and witnesses said. They said militants in 50 to 60 vehicles stormed the town of Dhuluiya, about 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad at 3.30 am (8.30 p.m. EDT Saturday), taking the mayors office and municipal council building and fighting to take control of the police station. Insurgents led by the al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State seized swathes of Iraqs northern and western Sunni Muslim provinces in a two-day offensive last month. They were pushed back at Dhuluiya on June 14 by soldiers loyal to Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikis Shiite-led government backed by fighters from the Shiite Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, but fighting has continued and they have taken other towns. The police and witnesses said local police and tribes were battling the militants in Dhuluiya on Sunday. They said four policemen were killed in the fighting, as well as two militants and two civilians. Insurgents also bombed a bridge linking Dhuluiya to the nearby Shiite town of Balad to the west, they said.
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