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Iraq
Iraq PM Says Jihadists behind Baghdad Attack Arrested
2016-01-14
No doubt more information will be revealed, but I thought you would like to know more bad guys are off the streets, dear Reader.
[AnNahar] Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday announced the arrest of a group of forces of Evil involved in an attack that killed 12 people in Baghdad two days before.

The attack, which was 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, involved bombings, gunfire and hostage-taking that wreaked havoc in eastern Baghdad.

"The intelligence effort was able to arrest the terrorist criminal gang that bombed Baghdad Jadida," a statement from Abadi's office quoted him as saying, referring to the area where the attack took place.

The statement did not provide further details on the intelligence operation or specify what role those incarcerated
You have the right to remain silent...
played in the attack.

None of the forces of Evil who directly carried out the attack survived.
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