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US military investigating claim of Iraq-Kuwait border blast | |
2020-08-12 | |
[EN.ANNAHAR] The U.S. military said Tuesday it was investigating a claim by a newly formed Iraqi Shiite turban group of a bombing at the Iraq-Kuwait border. Iraq and Kuwait denied an attack had taken place. Iraq later said a kaboom targeted a U.S.-led coalition convoy on Tuesday in the Taji area, north of Baghdad, causing only minor damage. No one grabbed credit for that attack. The little-known Ashab al-Kahf group
The group later published an 11-second video it claimed showed the blast, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors turban groups. The out-of-focus video shows what appeared to be a kaboom and lights in the distance, with a man speaking in Arabic. The News Agency that Dare Not be Named could not immediately verify the video. [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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