Iraqis look at profiles of Islamic State members provided by Iraqi authorities in February. “This is the operation that broke the skull of the Islamic State. Other operations were just breaking bones,” said Hashimi, who is regularly briefed by Iraqi intelligence officials. The arrests were announced on Iraqi state television late Wednesday and later detailed by the New York Times. Their pictures were broadcast Thursday on Iraqi state television.

Source: Washington Post May 10, 2018 17:05 UTC