Dwelah
Dwelah is a village in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, about 45 miles north of Baghdad.
2007 militant attack
[edit]Dwelah was the location of a December 1, 2007, militant attack. Around 6:30 a.m., 50 to 60 suspected al-Qaida fighters showered a Shiite village with mortar rounds. Soon afterward, they began torching homes and forcing hundreds of families to flee. The villager death toll was 14: 9 men, 2 women, and 3 children. In addition, 3 militants died after Dwelahns fought back.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dozens of militants raid Shiite village north of Iraqi capital, killing 13 and burning homes". Goshen News. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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