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| Iraq attacks kill 11 |
| 2013-08-27 |
| [OMANOBSERVER] Attacks killed 11 people in Iraq yesterday, officials said, including six who were snatched from their homes and rubbed out, the latest in spiralling violence. Authorities have carried out wide-ranging operations against groups in recent weeks in a bid to combat the unrest, but analysts and diplomats say the government has not resolved the underlying causes of the violence. The surge in unrest has spurred concerns of a revival of the all-out sectarian bloodshed that left tens of thousands dead in 2006 and 2007. Yesterday, gunnies dressed in police uniforms stormed several houses in the town of Tarmiyah, just north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , claiming to be carrying out a security operation, police and an Interior Ministry official said. They kidnapped six men and left the area. Local residents found the bodies of the men hours later just outside the neighbourhood, the security sources said. A local hospital confirmed receiving the six bodies, all of which bore gunshot wounds. Also yesterday, gunnies killed two prison guards and two civilians in separate attacks in northern Nineveh province, while a roadside kaboom killed another south of Storied Baghdad, security and medical sources said. Another blast in the southern city of Basra, which typically sees lower levels of violence than elsewhere in the country, left one person maimed. The attack apparently targeted a branch of an Endowment, the foundation charged with managing religious sites. |
| Posted by:Fred |