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Iraq
One civilian injured, booby-trapped house detonated in bomb blast, military operation in Diyala
2018-01-11
Diyala (Iraqinews.com) ‐ One civilian was injured Wednesday in a kaboom in southeastern Muqdadiyah, Diyala, a well-placed provincial official was quoted as saying.

"An explosive charge went off while a vehicle was passing by Muqdadiyah district in Diyala, leaving the driver injured," Head of Muqdadiyah City Council Adnan al-Tamimi told Alghada Press.

"The injured was carried to hospital for treatment and a probe was launched into the incident," he added.

Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase...
a military commander announced that a booby-trapped house and several hotbeds of 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....
were destroyed Wednesday during a military operation at Hawi al-Azim area in northern Diyala.

Speaking to Alghad Press, Commander of Tigris Operations Lieutenant General Mazhar al-Ezzawi said, "Security forces detonated a booby-trapped house and destroyed several IS hotbeds during a military operation that started on Monday to cleanse the western parts of Hawi al-Azim area in northern Diyala from Islamic State remnants.
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