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IraqSlogger: US-Iraqi Forces Raid NDF HQ

IraqSlogger: US-Iraqi Forces Raid NDF HQ: "Baghdad, Aug 3, (VOI) – A joint U.S.-Iraqi force raided the headquarters of Khalaf al-Ilyan's Sunni National Dialogue Council (NDC) on Thursday and ransacked its contents, an NDC media source said on Friday.

'The raiding force deliberately smashed the furniture and doors of the building, located in the al-Jamea neighborhood, western Baghdad,' the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "

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