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Iraq Baghdad: 28 dead as twin bombs rip through market
Source: BBC
At least 28 people have died in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in a double bombing claimed by so-called Islamic State (IS).
The explosions happened one after another in the busy al-Sinak market. More than 50 people were injured.
Police said a roadside bomb exploded near a car spare parts shop, then a suicide bomber detonated his device among the crowd that had gathered.
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The jihadist group is under pressure from an Iraqi army offensive further north in Mosul, the last major IS stronghold in the country.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38476807
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Iraq Baghdad: 28 dead as twin bombs rip through market (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2016
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Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)1. I'm sure we'll hear...
"What a terrible ACCIDENT".
Botany
(70,496 posts)2. The total # of sucide car bombing in Iraq before w & Cheney started their war in Iraq?
Zero.
And why do we now have ISIS? You can thank w, Cheney, and Tony Blair.
JudyM
(29,233 posts)3. Eek. Shouldn't've gathered to rubber-neck.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)4. Kick for 28 innocent people.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)5. K&R for Iraqis
riversedge
(70,193 posts)6. K and R. Horrible.