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Iraq attacks kill 18 as 2013 toll tops 6,200
[Pak Daily Times] Attacks in mostly Sunni Arab areas of Storied Baghdad...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... as well as northern and western Iraq killed at least 18 people on Tuesday, the latest in a months-long surge in bloodletting. The rise in violence, which has killed more than 6,200 people this year, has prompted the authorities to appeal for international help in combating militancy ahead of general elections due in April. Officials have blamed a resurgent al Qaeda emboldened by the civil war raging in neighbouring Syria, but the government has itself faced criticism for not doing enough to address the concerns of Iraq's disaffected Sunni Arab minority. Shootings and bombings on Tuesday hit west Storied Baghdad, as well as the predominantly Sunni cities of Abu Ghraib, Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... Baquba, djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and Tarmiyah. In the deadliest attack, twin roadside kabooms went kaboom!near municipal offices in Tarmiyah, a town just north of Storied Baghdad that has seen multiple deadly attacks in recent weeks. When onlookers gathered at the scene, two jacket wallahs blew themselves up. Overall, seven people were killed and 15 maimed, two security officials said. Violence elsewhere in Iraq left 11 people dead and many more maimed, security and medical officials said. A boom-mobile in Bayaa, a predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of west Storied Baghdad, killed six people, while five more were maimed by a blast in mostly Sunni Amriyah district. Attacks in Abu Ghraib and Fallujah, west of the capital in Anbar province, killed three people, while bombings in Mosul and in and around Baquba killed two more. The authorities have made some concessions aimed at placating Sunnis, including freeing prisoners and raising the salaries of anti-al Qaeda Sahwa fighters, and have also trumpeted security operations against krazed killers. But daily attacks have shown no sign of abating. Posted by: Fred 2013-12-04 |
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