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Iraq
Baghdad Kabooms
2015-02-25
Katyusha rockets kill 3, wound 13 north of Baghdad

[IraqiNews.com] A source within the Iraqi police announced Tuesday, that 3 non-combatants were killed and 13 others were maimed, including women and kiddies when Katyusha rockets fell on two areas north of Baghdad.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews, "Two Katyusha rockets fell on al-Mochahada area north of Baghdad, which resulted in killing two children and injuring five civilians, including women."

The source, who requested anonymity, added, "Three other rockets fell on Sabaa al-Bour area north of Baghdad, leaving one civilian dead and eight others injured."

The source continued, "Security forces were deployed in the two regions to track those who launched the rockets, while the bodies of the dead were transported to the Forensic Medicine Authority and the injured to the nearest hospital for treatment."

Two explosions kill 3, injure 6 people in southern Baghdad

[IraqiNews.com] On Tuesday, a source within the police force said, that 3 people including a policeman have been killed and 6 others were maimed in two kabooms in southern Baghdad.

The source informed IraqiNews, "A bomb that was emplaced under a civil vehicle has went off killing a policeman in the area of al-Yusifiyah, located in southern Baghdad," pointing out that, "After the kaboom, people crowded around the area, and a second bomb went off killing two civilians and injuring six others."

5 killed, 12 injured in southeastern Baghdad bombing

[IraqiNews.com] An kaboom hit in Diyala bridge area of southeastern Baghdad killing 5 persons and injuring 12 others on Tuesday.

Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "A boom-mobile went kaboom! in the area causing material damage and killing as well as injuring 17 civilians."

"A security force transported the injured to the hospital for treatment and the dead to the morgue," the source concluded.
An Nahar points out:
At least 32 people were killed in attacks in Baghdad on February 8 but the frequency of bombings in the capital has slowed this year following gains against 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
jihadist group.
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