Iraqi #rebels capture northern town following massive assault
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Militants took control of a village in northern #Iraq on Friday after staging a coordinated pre-dawn assault and setting off a massive suicide truck bomb, two officials said. The blast in the village of #Sarha killed two senior police officers, but the overall toll was not immediately clear, according to Lieutenant General Abdelamir al-Zaidi, head of a northern Iraq security command, and Shallal Abdul, mayor of the nearby town of Tuz Khurmatu. read more