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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - With large reinforcements brought in from Najaf and Karbala, the Iraqi Shiite militia known as Hashd al-Shaabi once again failed to recapture the Islamic State (ISIS) held town of Bashir in southern Kirkuk, and the forces withdrew to their starting position."Backed by Allah, at the nearest juncture we will declare control of Bashir and we insist we will carry out Friday prayers inside the village," Ali Karim, a Shiite official, told Rudaw.He said he would not explain upcoming plans for the recapture of the town from ISIS "because they are military matters."To recapture Bashir the Hashd al-Shaabi has so far launched nine assaults, with 83 militiamen killed and 198 others wounded.In the latest confrontations with ISIS, more than 100 Hashd al-Shaabi militants were killed and wounded in an offensive on Bashir on April 11, according to a local official.On Saturday, the militia asked for more troops for another offensive to recapture Bashir.The militia’s Abbas division has called on its 11 branches in Iraq’s central and southern provinces to send another 1,500 fighters to participate in the first phase of the Bashir offensive.The sound of ISIS Friday prayers coming out from the minaret of the Bashir mosques could easily be heard at the Taza sub-district where Hashd al-Shaabi militants are based.Meanwhile, a Peshmerga official said the Hashd al-Shaabi will not be able to liberate Bashir alone and at the end they must return to the Peshmerga."If they think they can do everything they want alone, let them do it and we wish them all the best. But in their previous trials, they did not manage to fulfill their missions successfully," said Brig. Gen. Araz Abdulqadir, a Peshmerga commander.“They must return to and coordinate with the Peshmerga and we will support them," he said.Bashir, 20 kilometers south of Kirkuk city, is a predominant Shiite town that fell to ISIS last year. Since then, despite many attempts the Hashdi al-Shaabi has been unable to liberate it from the clutches of ISIS.Before the town fell to ISIS last year, 1,800 families were living there.