Iraq groups prepare to retake last IS urban bastion Iraqi government and paramilitary forces announced Friday plans to launch an assault to retake Hawija, the last Islamic State group's urban bastion in the country, a day after recapturing Tal Afar. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of the paramilitary Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades), founded by influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, reinforcing positions northeast of Samarra Monday