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CBS News
February 20, 2017
I knew what it was from because seconds earlier the soldiers started shouting drone, drone, drone.” ISIS drones have also been used to deadly effect as surveillance, guiding car bombs through Mosul's narrow streets, straight to Iraqi troop positions. Federal police commander General Ali al Lami said hisÃâà...
CBS News
January 25, 2017
... the worst of the fighting; U.S. and coalition airstrikes specifically targeted major intersections in order to disrupt the path of suicide car bombs. Gen. Ali Al Lami said he has lost many men, but he's disappointed that President Trump might make it near impossible for his soldiers to start a new life in the U.S..
Anadolu Agency
November 7, 2016
A mass grave has been found in an area south of the Daesh-held city of Mosul, a top Iraqi security official said on Monday. “The grave, located in the district of Hamam al-Alil, contains the remains of 100 people, including civilians, who were killed months ago by Daesh terrorists,” said Brig. Gen. Ali al-LamiÃâà...
NBCNews.com (blog)
October 6, 2014
... destroyed, Reuters reported. On Saturday, ISIS fighters also seized the town of Kubaisa and attacked the Shi-ite town of Balad, Reuters said. "We are fighting devils and ghost fighters who retreat one day and return back stronger on the next day," said Abu Ali al-Lami, a Shi'ite militia fighter in Dhuluiya.
BBC News
May 27, 2011
The head of the committee charged with purging Iraqi institutions of those linked to the regime of Saddam Hussein has been killed in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials said. Ali al-Lami was shot dead at the wheel of his car in eastern Baghdad by unidentified gunmen, officials said. Under theÃâà...
CNN
April 1, 2010
Ali al-Lami, an Accountability and Justice Commission official, said Monday that after the names of the winning candidates were reviewed, six of them were believed to have ties to the banned Baath party. He said an appeal will be made to prevent those candidates from getting into parliament. Al-Lami saidÃâà...
