Veteran Iranian militiaman killed fighting Islamic State in Iraq

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DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian militiaman with a long record of battles in Iraq and Syria has died fighting Islamic State militants in Samarra, a major battleground **rth of Baghdad, Iranian newspapers reported on Monday. Mehdi **ruzi, a member of Iran's Basij militia nicknamed 'Lion of Samarra' by his fellow militiamen, was killed on Sunday while "defending the oppressed people of Iraq and holy shrines against revisionist terrorists in Samarra", Fars said. ...

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