Iraqi army radio takes aim at IS
The Iraqi army in Ninevah province has been operating a radio station in the area, with the aim of demonizing the Islamic State among the residents.
MAKHMOUR, Iraq — At noon on a hot summer's day inside a small makeshift radio studio at the Iraqi army’s Division 15 camp, Deputy Sgt. Fanar Khalid read out several messages from a piece of paper fixed to a copyholder.
“To our dear people in Ninevah, the end of terrorist Daesh is close,” Khalid said confidently, referring to the Islamic State (IS) by its derogatory Arabic acronym.
Urging unity against IS, he said, “Let’s stand together against this suspicious [group] and cut its tail.”
The Ninevah Liberation Operation Command’s radio station is located just a dozen miles from the active battle zone in the southeastern countryside of Ninevah province. It relays the Iraqi army’s propaganda, or, as the officers like to call it, the “awareness” campaign against IS, as the Iraqi forces are slowly but steadily making inroads into the jihadis’ territory south of the Kurdish-controlled town of Makhmour.
