IS attack on Iraq police trainees kills 12

(AP Photo). A Shiite volunteer cleric, second right, distributes humanitarian aid as Iraqi security forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters help trapped civilians get to safer areas, in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, … One of the Iraqi officers, Ahmad Abdel Madjid, stated, that the IS militants that are still based in the area “are afraid of clashes with the security forces” due to their experience with previous battles with Iraqi troops. That densely populated urban center in the north, with triple the population of Ramadi, has served as Islamic State’s center of operations in Iraq since the militants overran it 18 months ago.

Iraqi pro-government forces drive a military auto as they try to secure all of the neighborhoods of Ramadi, Iraq, on Sun.

The black and white video accompanied by intense classical music shows trucks within the crosshairs of Iraqi air force planes, before missiles create explosions that blot out the screen.

The bombers wore explosive belts and “attacked the Camp Speicher where volunteers from Mosul are trained”, another official told dpa news agency on condition of anonymity.

This comes just few days after the Iraqi army announced recapturing Ramadi and expelling ISIS fighters from the city. 50 calibre rifle to shoot the Islamic State terrorists in Ramadi, Iraq.

IS militant group claimed responsibility for the blasts in a statement distributed by supporters online.

Iraqi troops repelled the attacks and did not lose territory, al-Belawi said.

Troops have raised the Iraqi flag on top of the government compound in central Ramadi, military spokesman Brig.

This would count as the first Iraqi gains near Mosul which has been an ISIS stronghold since June 2014. Head of the Anbar province local council, Sabah Karhut, said that the jihadists were holding the families in the eastern part of Ramadi to stop US-led coalition warplanes and Iraqi ground forces from hunting Islamic State remnants in the city.