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Battling IS in Iraq prevents attacks at home: Hollande

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AFP Baghdad
Last Updated : Jan 02 2017 | 12:22 PM IST
French President Francois Hollande today told French soldiers training Iraqi special forces that involvement on the ground against the Islamic State group was key to preventing terror attacks at home.
"Taking action against terrorism here in Iraq is also preventing acts of terrorism on our own soil," he said at a base of Iraq's elite Counter-Terrorism Service near Baghdad.

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First Published: Jan 02 2017 | 12:22 PM IST

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