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| Iraq Violence Kills 21 as Militants Press Offensive |
| 2014-06-18 |
| [An Nahar] A series of bombings in Storied Baghdad and shelling in another Iraqi city killed 21 people on Tuesday, while police found the bodies of 18 security personnel north of the capital. The violence came during a major offensive, spearheaded by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... but involving other groups, which overran all of one province and chunks of three more in a matter of days. In the deadliest single attack, a boom-mobile went kaboom!in a market in the predominantly-Shiite Moslem area of north Storied Baghdad, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 20, security and medical officials said. Five more bombings in the capital killed a further six people and maimed 14, officials said. In Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... a city west of Storied Baghdad that has been held by anti-government fighters for more than five months, shelling killed four people and maimed three, Dr Ahmed Shami said. North of the capital, Iraqi police discovered the bodies of 18 security force members who had suffered gunshots to the head and chest. The bodies were discovered 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of the city of Samarra. It was unclear if they had been executed or died in fighting. Iraqi security forces performed poorly during the initial days of the murderous Moslem assault, in some cases abandoning uniforms, vehicles and positions to flee. They seem to have recovered somewhat from the shock of the onslaught, retaking certain areas, but the Death Eaters have continued to gain ground elsewhere. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Back in 2006-7, the then incarnation of ISIS tried a strategy of provoking Iraq-Shia by massacring them and blowing up their shrines with the aim of radicalizing the Shia into committing similar atrocities against Sunnis. ISIS then uses the Shia payback to set itself up as the protectors of the Sunnis, thus consolidating its hold on Sunni population centers. We are seeing this same strategy playing out now. The ISIS death eaters so need to die. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-18 15:05 |