Iraqi forces battle Islamic State in towns **rth of Baghdad
 

* Ten killed in assault on Islamic State-held towns * Government control would open road from Baghdad to Iran * Car bomb south of Baghdad kills five BAGHDAD, **v 23 (Reuters) - Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi'ite militia and Kurdish peshmerga forces attacked two towns **rtheast of Baghdad held by Islamic State fighters on Sunday, trying to clear a main road linking the capital to the border with Iran. ...

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