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WATCH: Kurdish Intelligence Chief Warns ISIS in Iraq Is ‘Like al-Qaeda on Steroids’

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A student watches an explosive ordnance disposal demonstration during counterterrorism training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sarah K. Anwar)

A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official has told the BBC that the Islamic State (IS) group has reorganised in Northern Iraq, and is now like “al-Qaeda on steroids”.

Lahur Talabany said that IS fighters were now moving freely in disputed terrain between security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi army.

Read more at BBC

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