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| Iraq |
| Twin Baghdad blasts kill five Iraqi troops |
| 2011-08-15 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Two roadside kabooms killed at least five Iraqi soldiers in Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... on Sunday in one of the most serious attacks on security forces in recent weeks, military and hospital officials said. One bomb went kaboom!in a public square and then second blast went off nearby as an army patrol arrived in the mostly Sunni neighbourhood of Adhamiya in the north of Storied Baghdad, ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... security officials said. "Two roadside kabooms went kaboom!one after the other. Five people were killed, two army officers and three soldiers," Major General Qassim al Moussawi, a front man for Storied Baghdad security operations said. Three other soldiers and eight civilians were also maimed in the attack, a hospital official said. Iraq's violence has lulled during Ramazan, the Mohammedan holy month which began at the start of August. Terrorists often use one kaboom to draw security forces before detonating and secondary blasts to target them. Attacks and bombings have fallen sharply since the height of Iraq's sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but Sunni tied to al Qaeda, and shia militias still carry out almost daily bombings and liquidations. Assaults are increasingly targeting local security forces and government offices aiming to undermine faith in the Iraqi government just as Storied Baghdad discusses with Washington whether some American troops should stay on after a 2011 deadline for them to withdraw. More than eight years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, Iraqi security forces said, they are able to contain internal threats. But Storied Baghdad is in talks with Washington over whether some US troops should stay on as trainers. |
| Posted by:Fred |