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Iraq bomb kills at least 80, mostly Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims | |
2016-11-25 | |
kaboom!at a gas station in Iraq, the U.S. State Department said. Most of the victims were Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, according to authorities in Iraq. ISIS, a Sunni terror group, grabbed credit for the attack in a statement posted online. "The flames of battles in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... will reach them in Baghdad, Karbala and Najaf," the ISIS statement reads. It also said Iranians were among those killed. The blast happened on a highway southeast of Baghdad between Babel and al-Qadisiyyah, said Falah al Radhi, the head of the Babel security council. In additions to those killed, Radhi said at least 50 people were maimed. The parked truck went kaboom!near several buses carrying Shi'ite pilgrims -- mostly Iranians -- Radhi said. The Iranian pilgrims were in Iraq to commemorate Imam Hussein's death. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 Islam, the Religion of Pieces. |
Posted by: SteveS 2016-11-25 15:05 |
#1 The Iranian pilgrims were in Iraq to commemorate Imam Hussein's death. and what better way than Islamic Explosions, Shrapnel, Immolation and Martyrdom in a Kaboom |
Posted by: Frank G 2016-11-25 13:25 |