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Seven Killed in Iraq Violence
[An Nahar] Violence killed seven people on Wednesday, including three coppers and a young girl, officials said, as authorities struggle to contain the worst violence to hit Iraq since 2008.The attacks are the latest in a wave of unrest that has made the holy Mohammedan fasting month of Ramadan the bloodiest in years, with more than 800 people killed nationwide. Militants have struck targets ranging from cafes where Iraqis gather after breaking their daily Ramadan fast to mosques where extended evening prayers are held during Ramadan. In Wednesday's deadliest attack, a bomb killed three coppers and maimed a fourth near Dhuluiyah, north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... Another bomb went kaboom!near a police patrol in the northern city of djinn-infested Mosul, killing a young girl, while police potted two snuffies attempting to plant a bomb. And in the Mussayib area, south of Storied Baghdad, a magnetic "sticky bomb" on a bus killed one person and maimed two. Other attacks, including a boom-mobile that went kaboom!near a Kurdish political party office in the northern city of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... maimed dozens more. Violence has markedly increased this year, especially since an April 23 security operation at a Sunni Arab anti-government protest site that sparked festivities in which dozens died. Protests erupted in Sunni-majority areas in late 2012, amid widespread discontent among Sunnis, who accuse the Shiite-led government of marginalizing and targeting them. Analysts say Sunni anger is the main cause of the spike in violence this year. Posted by: Fred 2013-08-08 |
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