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| Car bombs kill at least 20 at Syrian Kurdish new year celebration |
| 2015-03-21 |
| [Ynet] Two boom-mobiles killed at least 20 Syrians celebrating Nowruz, the Iranian new year, in the northeast city of Hassaka, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Friday. Syrian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? said the bombs went kaboom!in the al-Mufti district of the city. Nowruz is a very important festival in Kurdish culture in which people gather to play games, dance and eat. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Nowruz is a very important festival in Kurdish culture in which people gather to play games, dance and eat. See, that's the problem. You can't have people getting together to play games and dance. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-03-21 23:59 |
| #1 Update from An Nahar: Forty-five people, including five children, were killed in attacks on Syrian Kurds as they celebrated their new year, a monitor said Saturday, accusing the Islamic State group of responsibility. "There are now 45 dead from last night's attacks in Hasakeh, as most of those who were in critical condition passed away," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, updating its toll after reporting that 33 were killed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-21 20:33 |