Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq has grabbed credit for a spate of attacks last month, including dozens on June 13, when violence across the country killed 72 people.The Islamic State of Iraq, in a statement posted on jihadist Internet forums, said it carried out 47 attacks over several months, including 27 on June 13, which was the country's deadliest day since August 2011.
The statement on the Honein forum detailed a long list of car booms, roadside kabooms and targeted liquidations against what the ISI said were "Safavid" soldiers, police and civilians.
Sunni Islamic fascisti often invoke Iran's Safavid past, referring to the Shiite dynasty that ruled Persia between the 16th and 18th centuries and conquered part of Iraq, when denouncing the Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
government, which they say is controlled by Iran.
June saw a marked uptick in unrest in Iraq, with 282 people dying as a result of violence last month, according to an Agence La Belle France Presse tally. Government figures, however, said just 131 people were killed.