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| Attacks in Iraqi capital kill at least 19 Shiite pilgrims |
| 2015-05-13 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Attacks on Shiite pilgrims commemorating the birth of the Imam Ali killed at least 19 people and maimed more than 50 across the Iraqi capital, police officials said. The largest of the attacks happened in central Baghdad when a jacket wallah attacked pilgrims buying food and drinks on their way back from the shrine of the Imam Ali, located in the capital's Kazimiyah neighborhood. Officials said at least 10 people were killed in the attack and another 25 maimed. In eastern Baghdad, another two pilgrims were killed and nine maimed when a roadside kaboom went kaboom!on Paleostine Street. On the northeastern edge of the capital, in the town of Bab al-Sham, at least three mortars targeted Shiite pilgrims, killing four and wounding at least 12. Also in Mashahidah, just north of Baghdad, at least three pilgrims were killed and eight maimed by an improvised bomb. Hospital officials confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke anonymously because they are not authorized to brief the media. No one has grabbed credit for the attacks on the pilgrims, but the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... bad boy group has been behind attacks in several of the capital's predominantly Shiite neighborhoods. |
| Posted by:Fred |