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Attacks including suicide bombings kill 46 in Iraq
[Al Ahram] Attacks killed at least 46 people in Iraq on Saturday, including a suicide kaboom claimed by the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group that was the deadliest to hit Baghdad in months. The violence comes as Iraqi forces prepare for an operation to retake djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , the last IS-held city in the country -- a key battle, but one that will not end the threat of attacks such as those carried out on Saturday. In the deadliest attack, a jacket wallah targeted a funeral tent where mourners were gathered to pay their respects in the Shia-majority Shaab area of north Baghdad, killing at least 34 people and wounding least 36, officials said. IS issued an online statement claiming the attack, saying it was carried out by a man who detonated an explosive vest. A witness said the bomber entered the funeral tent and went kaboom!as lunch was being served. "I saw with my eyes 20 deaders on the ground," the witness said. Blood stained the ground at the scene of the attack, which was littered with the remains of plastics chairs mourners had been seated on. IS, a Sunni Death Eater group, considers Shias to be heretics, and frequently carries out suicide kabooms and other attacks against them in Baghdad and elsewhere in the country. Saturday's bombing is the deadliest to hit the Iraqi capital since early July, when a suicide kaboom in central Baghdad sparked infernos in a crowded shopping area, killing more than 300 people. That attack led to a shakeup of senior Baghdad security officials and the announcement of other measures aimed at improving security in the capital, but the bombings have continued. Also on Saturday, bully boyz attacked two areas north of Baghdad, killing a further 12 people, according to police. In Malha, an area east of the city of Tikrit, suicide bombers attacked a federal police position, killing eight and wounding 11, officers said. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-17 |
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