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FILE - In this June 27, 2016, file photo, Lt. General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, commander for the Iraqi counterterrorism forces' operation to re-take Fallujah from Islamic State militants, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a military camp outside Fallujah, Iraq. Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 removed Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi from his post as the commander of the country's elite counterterrorism forces and transferring him to the Defense Ministry, without providing an explanation. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraq’s removal of counterterrorism chief sparks controversy

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 file photo, a member of the Iraqi Special Forces shoots his machine gun against an Islamic State militant drone n the al-Barid district in Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi forces sitting for weeks on the edges of Mosul have been bolstered by reinforcements and are now ready, along with the elite special forces, to launch a stepped up, three-pronged assault against Islamic State group militants in the city’s eastern sector, ending a two-week lull in the fighting, a top Iraqi general told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Iraqi forces in Mosul reinforced, new push against IS soon

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Iraqi Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of their comrade, Ali Mansour, who his family says was killed in Tikrit fighting Islamic militants, during his funeral procession, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

Iraq launches operation to retake Tikrit from Islamic State

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press