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Iraq
30 civilians dead as Daesh militants attack tribes in western Iraq
2016-06-11
[Iran Press TV] At least 30 civilians have bit the dust when Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
ISIS turbans launched an attack against members of two tribes fleeing the city of Fallujah in Iraq’s strife-stricken western province of al-Anbar.

The Iraqi Joint Operations Command, in a statement released on Friday, announced that ISIS hard boyz opened fire on members of Albu Saleh and Albu Hatam tribes west of Fallujah,
... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids...
located roughly 69 kilometers (43 miles) west of the capital, Baghdad, earlier in the day as they were heading toward the city of al-Amiriyah, which lies about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) south of Fallujah.

The statement added that there were women and kiddies among those massacred, noting that the bodies of the victims lay unattended at the site of the horrendous act of violence.

Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
Assistance Mission for Iraq, Lise Grande, said on Wednesday that up to 90,000 civilians are believed to be trapped in the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah.

"We have underestimated how many civilians are in Fallujah," Grande said, adding, "People who are coming out are giving us the strong impression that we could be talking about maybe 80,000 to 90,000 civilians that are inside."
Posted by:Fred

#2  Except Global Warming, Pappy. UN makes sure that number is waaaay high.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-06-11 13:33  

#1  "We have underestimated how many civilians are in Fallujah"

The UN underestimates on a lot of things, it seems.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-06-11 10:40  

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