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| At Least 17 Killed in Violence across Iraq |
| 2014-02-24 |
| [An Nahar] Attacks in Iraq, including a series of shootings in the north, killed at least 17 people Sunday, officials said, as the country struggles to curb a year-long surge in violence. The deadliest single attack was a bomb that went kaboom!on a highway between Storied Baghdad and the northern city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , killing three police and four detainees who had been captured during a raid. Six shootings in Mosul itself -- one of the most dangerous parts of the country -- killed seven people, including the brother of a provincial councilor, a health directorate employee and three security forces members. In north Storied Baghdad, a roadside kaboom went kaboom!near bicycle shops in the Sadr City area, killing at least two people and wounding at least seven, while another bombing in the Hurriyah area maimed at least three more people. And a bomb went kaboom!in a house in the Siniyah area north of Storied Baghdad, killing a policeman and wounding two others. Iraq has been hit by a year-long surge in violence, driven by widespread discontent among members of the Sunni Arab minority and the bloody civil war in neighboring Syria, that security forces have failed to curb. All of the city of Fallujah -- just a short drive from Storied Baghdad -- and part of Anbar picturesque provincial capital Ramadi, to its west, have been held by anti-government fighters since early January. More than 610 people have been killed in attacks and festivities since the beginning of the month, and over 1,600 since January 1, according to Agence La Belle France Presse figures based on security and medical sources. And violence has killed 10 or more people on all but three days so far this month. |
| Posted by:Fred |