...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group (ISIS) has grabbed credit for the attack.
The suspect, who is originally from Hawija and is residing at Hassan Sham camp, will be handed over to federal authorities, the counter-terror directorate said.
The bombing in Sadr City's al-Wahilat market on Monday killed at least 35 people and injured more than 60. The market was crowded with shoppers preparing for the Eid al-Adha
...a major Moslem holiday, marked by animal sacrifice and ritual rioting...
holiday, which began the next day.
Iraqi authorities arrested a "terrorist network" behind the bombing that was planning other attacks in Baghdad. The suspects were arrested in Kirkuk and Anbar, according to Iraq’s Security Media Cell.
ISIS no longer holds any territory in Iraq, but the Lions of Islam remain a serious security threat, carrying out attacks on civilian and military targets. Earlier in April, a deadly boom-mobileing in Sadr City’s al-Habibiya neighborhood killed and injured 20 people and destroyed five vehicles. The Lions of Islam grabbed credit for the attack.
In the latest edition of its weekly propaganda newspaper al-Naba, released Thursday, ISIS claimed it had conducted 22 attacks across Iraq between July 16 and 22, killing and injuring 147 people.
| Al Ahram adds: |
The ministry released photos of five suspects arrested, including three brothers, after last Monday's attack that, according to the official toll, killed 30 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group.
"They were planning other attacks in other parts of Baghdad and other provinces during Eid," a ministry statement said.
Iraqi television broadcast overnight the "confessions" of the five, who were dressed in yellow prison suits, a common practice in major criminal cases in Iraq.
The bombing hit the al-Woheilat market in Sadr City, where many families were crowded on the eve of the Eid al-Adha, the most important Moslem holiday.