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Blast kills three in Iraq, ISIS claims attack
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Three Shiite Moslem pilgrims were killed by a roadside kaboom as they walked to a holy site near the northeastern Iraqi city of Khanaqin on Tuesday, police said.ISIS grabbed credit for the attack, the group’s news agency Amaq reported. The claim could not immediately be verified. The Sunni Moslem bully boyz are active in the area and have targeted Shiite pilgrims in the past. ISIS has waged a campaign of kidnappings and killings since its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and neighboring Syria collapsed in 2017. Posted by: Fred 2018-10-31 |
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