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ISIS militia sweeps forward in Iraq
by our Arab Affairs correspondent
IRAQI government forces are reeling under a wave of attacks from the ISIS militia, the sectarian Sunni Muslim movement formerly known as Al Qaeda in Iraq, which has seized control of Mosul, and a number of other key cities including Fallujah and Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit.
In a spectacular blow to Iraq’s Shia-led government last week, ISIS-led terrorists seized Mosul, its surrounding region of Nineveh and areas of Kirkuk and Salaheddin province. The assault saw gunmen waving black banners raid banks and government buildings and seize military vehicles as thousands of loyalist troops and civilians fled from Iraq’s second-largest city. ISIS fighters overran the Turkish consulate and arrested the head of the diplomatic mission along with 24 staff members while others summarily shot loyalist troops who had been captured or who had unwisely surrendered to their enemies in the hope of mercy.
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GMB demands £10 per hour living wage
THE ANNUAL conference of the GMB union in Nottingham last week called for a campaign for £10-an-hour living wage in the security industry.
The union says that a £10 per hour living wage would free members from claiming benefits or having to borrow from pay day loan sharks and go some way to reversing inequality of income from work.
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