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Dozens dead in violence across Iraq
Source: BBC
At least 31 people have been killed in another wave of violence across Iraq, officials say.
Fifteen died in a bomb attack in the town of Muqdadiya, 80km (50 miles) north-east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
A bomb near a cafe in Madain south of Baghdad killed at least two.
And the bodies of 14 Shia Muslims with gunshot wounds to the head were found at a fake checkpoint set up by Sunni militants 200km north of Baghdad.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23459504
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Dozens dead in violence across Iraq (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2013
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railsback
(1,881 posts)1. Just wait until we hightail it out of Afghanistan
That will be a bloodbath.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)3. Afghanistan is already a bloodbath. nt
railsback
(1,881 posts)5. Not like Iraq, not even close.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)6. I don't see things changing much after we get out in Afghanistan...
Other than Karzai meeting the same horrific fate as befell the last Afghan leader propped up by a superpower...if he stays in town.
railsback
(1,881 posts)7. There will definitely be gentrification
Mass executions of those who 'collaborated' with the U.S.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)2. We should stay the hell out, unless they have WMD's
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. Mission accomplished!
hibbing
(10,098 posts)8. They've been freedomized