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| Iraq |
| Attacks across Iraq Leave 16 Dead |
| 2014-06-02 |
| [An Nahar] Attacks across Iraq killed 16 people on Sunday, while new figures showed violence last month claimed more than 900 lives as the country grapples with its worst bloodshed in years. Data compiled separately by the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... and the Iraqi defense, interior and health ministries showed that unrest was near its worst since 2008, when it was slowly emerging from a brutal Sunni-Shiite sectarian war. The latest bloodletting comes as politicians jostle to build alliances during what is expected to be a protracted period of government formation following April elections. The worst of Sunday's violence targeted security forces north of Storied Baghdad, in the restive provinces of Salaheddin, Diyala and Nineveh. In the single deadliest attack, five off-duty soldiers riding a taxi between Baiji and Samarra, in Salaheddin, were ambushed by hard boyz who freed the vehicle's driver but proceeded to kill all the soldiers. Elsewhere in the province, three soldiers and a policeman were killed in separate roadside kabooms. In the main northern city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and surrounding Nineveh province, four others died in a series of shootings and bombings, while a policeman was killed in Muqdadiyah, Diyala province. Two teachers were also rubbed out in Storied Baghdad, officials said. No group immediately grabbed credit for the violence, but Sunni myrmidons, including those linked to the 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... jihadist group, frequently target the security forces, ostensibly in a bid to destabilize Iraq and undermine public confidence in them. The violence came as new figures were published Sunday showing violence is near its highest in years. According to the U.N.'s mission to Iraq, at least 799 Iraqis were killed in "acts of terrorism" and other violence, while a further 195 died as a result of military operations in the conflict-hit province of Anbar, in western Iraq. Separate figures released by Iraqi ministries, meanwhile, put the toll at 938 killed, including 804 civilians, and 1,463 maimed. "I strongly deplore the sustained level of violence ... that continues rocking the country," U.N. special envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in a statement. "I urge the politicians to work swiftly for the formation of an inclusive government within the constitutionally mandated timeframe and focus on a substantive solution to the situation in Anbar." The month's deadliest bloodshed struck on May 28, when 78 people were killed in a series of attacks nationwide, the bloodiest of which hit Storied Baghdad and Mosul. Iraqis have been targeted by shootings, roadside kabooms, suicide kabooms and vehicles rigged with explosives. Over the past months, violence has targeted civilians, civil servants and security forces alike, and hit cafes, restaurants, markets and football pitches, along with checkpoints and official buildings. Anti-government fighters have also maintained control of 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 just west of Storied Baghdad, and shifting parts of nearby Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, since the beginning of the year. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 And the Americans left just ages ago. Islam, however, is still going PBUH heavy. But its all to the good. They are killing EACH OTHER. I could watch that all morning, Noon, and Night. Gitcha yayas, Abdrool. "its worst bloodshed in years" ? hahahahaha. |
| Posted by: Big Thromoth3646 2014-06-02 05:23 |