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Eugene

(61,899 posts)
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 10:25 AM Jan 2018

Baghdad double suicide attack kills many

Source: BBC

3 hours ago

At least 35 people have been killed in a double suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, medical sources say, the second attack in three days.

More than 90 were injured in the attack in Tayaran Square, in the city centre.

Baghdad has repeatedly been the target of bombings and armed attacks since the Islamic State (IS) group overran large areas of the country in 2014.

However, the pace of attacks has slowed since Iraq's government declared it had retaken all the territory last month.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42686677

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Baghdad double suicide attack kills many (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2018 OP
about 1,000 killed & 1,000s more injured just in past year in Baghdad area. mainly regular workers. Sunlei Jan 2018 #1
They are destined for that - Plucketeer Jan 2018 #3
We are all Iraqis. Iggo Jan 2018 #2

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
1. about 1,000 killed & 1,000s more injured just in past year in Baghdad area. mainly regular workers.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 11:51 AM
Jan 2018
add to that thousands killed in 'IS? town exterminations' by militaries. I guess humanity is destined to always enslave, hate and/or kill each other.
 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
3. They are destined for that -
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 12:17 PM
Jan 2018

at least as long as there's different books to steer religious fervors by.

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