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| Suicide attack kills 12 in Iraq |
| 2011-02-22 |
| [Arab News] A suicide kaboomer detonated a car boom Monday at a cop shoppe north of Storied Baghdad, killing at least 12 coppers, police and health officials said. The attack in Samarra, 95 km north of Storied Baghdad, comes nine days after a jacket wallah targeted Shiite pilgrims returning from a religious ceremony at the city's Al-Askari Mosque. Thirty-six were killed in that attack. Monday's bombing also maimed at least 22 people, according to two coppers and hospital official. The police battalion that came under attack had been dispatched from a southern Shiite province two weeks ago to help protect pilgrims during the ceremony, said Niyaz Oglu, a member of the area's provincial council. Oglu accused Al-Qaeda in Iraq of organizing the attack. «They are taking Dire Revenge™ on the security forces that have foiled their attempts to ignite sectarian violence," he said. No group grabbed credit for Monday's bombing, but such attacks bear the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda or its allied, Death Eater organizations. Samarra has been a flashpoint since a 2006 attack by Al-Qaeda destroyed part of the golden-domed mosque there. The event sparked a vicious bloodbath between the country's Shiite majority and Sunni minority that swept through the country. Shiites flocked to the site earlier this month to celebrate a religious holiday, prompting the deployment of extra security forces in the city. |
| Posted by:Fred |