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2017-02-17 Iraq
Deadly car bombing rocks Iraq’s Baghdad
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A boom-mobile went kaboom! in Baghdad for the third day running Thursday, killing at least 55 people in a southern neighborhood, an interior ministry official said.

The blast rocked the same Bayaa neighborhood where a boom-mobile had already killed four people on Tuesday, the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
because he is not authorized to talk to the press.

He said another 25 people were maimed in the kaboom, which went off in a busy market area. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty toll.

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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group grabbed credit for Thursday's attack, which came amid a renewed wave of violence in the Iraqi capital.

At least 11 people were also killed in a suicide car kaboom claimed by ISIS on Wednesday in a northern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital.

Baghdad was rocked by a wave of deadly suicide kabooms during the first days of 2017 but relatively few kabooms had been reported since then until this week.

Iraqi security forces seize car bomb in Sadr City

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad Operations Command announced on Thursday, that security forces seized a car bomb in Sadr City, in eastern the province.

Spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command, Brigadier General Saad Maan said in a press statement, “Security forces from Baghdad Military Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism Service, backed by Ministry of Interior and Baghdad Operations Command, seized a booby-trapped vehicle that was parked in one of the garages in Sadr City, in eastern the province.”

“The vehicle was discovered during a search operation in the mentioned area,” Maan added.

The capital, Baghdad, is witnessing several suicide attacks and acts of violence, in addition to separate attacks against civilians and security forces.

Iraqi security forces stop 3 suicide bombers

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad police service said Thursday it foiled an attack by three suicide bombers as the capital witnessed almost daily bombings targeting civilians and security.

Jalil al-Rubaie, commander of the Interior Ministry’s Baghdad Operations, said in a statement that a joint force of police and intelligence teams trapped the trio in Radwaniya, west of Baghdad, killing one and arresting the other two. He said they were all donning explosive belts.

The announcement comes hours after a deadly attack on Habibiya, at the eastern Baghdad al-Sadr city, which killed and wounded 65.

Violence surged in Iraq with the emergence of Islamic State militants who took over large areas of the country in 2014. Baghdad has been witnessing almost daily bombings targeting civilians and security personnel.

IS militants have said they had been responsible for several bloody explosions and attacks that hit the capital in the past months, bringing the governorate municipal and security officials under critics’ fire.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said violence in the country left nearly 382 dead, including security members, and 908 injured during January. Baghdad was the most affected province with 128 deaths and 444 injuries, according to the organization.

Observers believe Islamic State have begun to escalate attacks outside the city of Mosul, where the group has been losing ground and personnel since October, so as to relieve pressure by government forces on that front and to divert attention from group losses.
Posted by Fred 2017-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top
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