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‘SHE WAS INNOCENT, BEAUTIFUL AND FUN-LOVING’: AGONY AS FOUR MEMBERS OF SAME FAMILY INCLUDING FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL ARE AMONG 250 SLAIN IN ISIS BAGHDAD SHOPPING MALL TERROR ATTACK

‘She was innocent, beautiful and fun-loving’: Agony as four members of SAME family including four-year-old girl are among 250 slain in ISIS Baghdad shopping mall terror attack   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3674790/She-innocent-beautiful-fun-loving-Agony-four-members-family-including-four-year-old-girl-die-ISIS-Baghdad-shopping-mall-terror-attack.html#ixzz4EwOgqSfF

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TV PACKAGE ON I-24NEWS ON CHRISTIAN MILITIAS IN NORTHERN IRAQ

Tv package on i-24news on Iraq’s beleaguered Christians unite in battle against Islamic State: http://www.i24news.tv/en/tv/replay/evening-news/x4jqhjk#/evening-news/x4jqhjk  

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INTERVIEW ON i-24NEWS ON FALLUJAH

EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: BATTLE FOR FALLUJA PUT ON HOLD AS CONCERN GROWS FOR TRAPPED CIVILIANS http://www.i24news.tv/en/tv/replay/evening-news/x4e56wo  News Now with Merav Savir, interviewing freelance Journalist Owen Holdaway – 06/02/2016  

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INJURED PESHMERGA IN AMBULANCE

Kurdish fighter is taken to hospital in Northern Iraq following the Peshmerga’s intense fighting with ISIS, May 31st http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/news/7185728/Kurdish-fighter-is-taken-to-hospital-in-Northern-Iraq-following-the-Peshmergas-intense-fighting-with-ISIS.html    

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FALLUJAH OPERATION BY IRAQI ARMY

Iraqi Army’s 6th fighting in Saqlawiyah around 11km northwest of Fallujah – one of the most forward positions to the city centre of Fallujah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEqowzfq7nQ&feature=youtu.be

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WAR ON ISIS: ONE HUNDRED JIHADI THUGS KILLED AS KURDS CARRY OUT MASSIVE OPERATION ON EXTREMIST STRONGHOLD

WAR ON ISIS One hundred jihadi thugs killed as Kurds carry out massive operation on extremist stronghold. Exclusive by OWEN HOLDAWAY on Khazir frontline, Northern Iraq https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1227168/isis-one-hundred-jihadi-thugs-killed-as-kurdish-fighters-conduct-massive-operation-to-drive-extremists-out-of-their-mosul-stronghold/

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ISIS TUNNEL

An ISIS’s dug tunnel, South Kirkuk, 2015. Copyright: www.owenholdaway.com

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A FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW WITH ISIS

Interview with a captured ISIS fighter. The interview was conducted under strict supervision of the Kurdish security forces, the Asayish. The man had been captured the day before by Kurdish forces, the peshmerga. He had fought with ISIS for approximately […]

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FRANCE24 LIVE INTERVIEW ON RAMADI OPERATION

Live Interview with France24 on Iraqi government’s offensive on Ramadi – December 22nd 2015 An update on the Iraqi government’s ground offensive to re-take the city of Ramadi from ISIS militants. Contributor Owen Holdaway interview at 13:00. http://www.france24.com/en/20151222-iraq-army-offensive-recapture-centre-ramadi-islamic-state-group?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_user&aef_campaign_date=2015-12-22

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