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| Islamic State loyalists in Libya claim responsibility for deadly suicide blasts |
| 2015-02-20 |
| [WASHINGTONPOST] Militants loyal to the Islamic State said three suicide car bombers staged attacks in eastern Libya on Friday, killing at least 35 people in apparent retaliation for Egyptian airstrikes following the mass beheadings of Christian migrant workers. The bloodshed in Qubba -- near the Islamic State stronghold of Derna on the Mediterranean coast -- was among the deadliest attacks by the militants against civilians in Libya as they seek to expand amid the country's internal chaos. It also comes less than a week after Egyptian warplanes targeted Islamic State sites in Derna in response to the beheading of 21 Christians, all but one from Egypt. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 killing at least 35 people [presumably Libyans] in apparent retaliation for Egyptian airstrikes I think, I'm missing something. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-02-20 13:17 |