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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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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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VIDEO OF AN ISIS SNIPER HITTING A GOPRO INSIDE WEST MOSUL

Video of an ISIS sniper hitting a GoPro inside West Mosul: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbEch_iZwqk[/embedyt] Copyright: Owen Holdaway    

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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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Article on children of Mosul being killed by ISIS car bombs and maimed by sniper fire

Article for the Sun on the children of western Mosul: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190201/isis-car-bomb-sniper-mosul-killing-kids/

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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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