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| Iraq |
| Mosul air strike 'kills 50' |
| 2014-08-07 |
| [BBC] At least 50 people have been killed in an air strike on a building under Sunni myrmidon control in the northern Iraqi city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , officials say. Medical sources say it hit a prison run by the Islamic State (IS), a jihadist group that seized the city in June. However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... the military front man for the prime minister said an Islamic court formed by the jihadists was the target. Elsewhere, a series of boom-mobiles struck crowded markets in Shia districts of Baghdad, killing at least 47 people. Twin blasts struck Sadr City on Wednesday evening killing at least 30 people, with another attack in Ur killing at least eight people. Attacks were also reported in eastern and southern districts of Baghdad. The capital has become even more tense in recent weeks since Sunni jihadists threatened to attack it after seizing large areas of northern Iraq, says BBC Middle East analyst Sebastian Usher. Thousands trapped Kurdish forces, known as Peshmerga, were also reportedly shelling eastern districts of Mosul and an area to the north-east on Wednesday. Iraqi state TV reported that the Mosul air strike had freed about 300 people held by the IS at the prison, which the group had reportedly been using as a religious court and detention centre. Sources told the BBC that some of the detainees held by the group were among the dead, adding that a drone might have been used in the attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Green helmet guy time? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-07 03:28 |