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| Al-Qaeda Claims Iraq Bombs That Killed 55 |
| 2013-10-02 |
 [Ynet] Al-Qaeda's local franchise in Iraq has grabbed credit for a string of boom-mobileings in Storied Baghdad...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... that killed 55 people. In a statement posted late Monday hours after the bombings that mostly targeted Shiite neighborhoods, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant says the attacks were in retaliation to the "arrests, torturing and targeting of Sunnis" by the Shiite-led government. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Meanwhile, not to be outdone by IRAQ ... * WAFF >[BreakingNews] AL-QAIDA TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR REGHANLI + THREATENS TURKEY | ISIL THREATENS ERDOGAN: WATCH YOUR BACK, OUR SUICIDE BOMBERS WILL HIT ANKARA + ISTANBUL. As part of its demands, ISIL also wants Turkey reopen key border-crossing points into Syria. * TOPIX > [AlertNet] SAUDI ARABIA BOOSTS SALAFIST RIVALS TO AL-QAEDA ["Army of Islam"] IN SYRIA. RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [YouTube] VIDEO:A TOTAL OF 43 ISLAMIST GROUPS UNITE IN SYRIA, under the auspice of the new "Army of Islam" coalition group. * SAME > [Real Clear Politics = World] AL-QAEDA'S PLAN TO SWALLOW ISRAEL, LEBANON, AND SYRIA, eventually in time to attack the US-West. * SAME > WEST'S FAILURE TO SUPPORT MODERATE SYRIA REBELS LED TO RISE OF AL-QAEDA GROUPS. versus * TOPIX >[WaPo] FOREIGN EXTREMISTS INCREASINGLY DOMINATE SYRIA FIGHT. IIUC, IOW the US-Allies will need to keep Baby Assad, NOT get rid of him as Assad-vs-Domestic-Rebels devols into Assad-vs-Al-Qaeda??? ASSADIAN SYRIA = "AFPAK II", WID IRAN AS OUR NEW ALLY/BFF??? WINNER/ADVANTAGE > PUTIN = RUSSIA, + IRAN + CHINA, NOT THE BAMMER = USA. * SAME > [Pakistani Christian Post] SYRIA AND NORTH CAUCASUS ISLAMIST FLOW: RUSSIA AND ITS MAJOR WEAK SPOT. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Syrian News] VIDEO: TURKEY AUGMENTS AL-QAEDA IN SYRIA WID 1300 ADDITIONAL TERRORISTS [fighters]. * DAILY STAR LEBANON > REPORT: CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES FOR REGION [Syria + Lebanon] IFF SYRIA WAR DOESN'T END SOON, i.e. by EOY 2013. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-10-02 02:46 |
| #2 Sept 2013 was worst month since March 2008 for terror related fatalities in Iraq Yea, well, too bad. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-10-02 01:17 |
| #1 Sept 2013 was worst month since March 2008 for terror related fatalities in Iraq (somewhat over 1000) of course Syria has about 1000 each week |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-10-02 00:04 |