Al Qaeda launches suicide

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:18:15 +0000

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Al Qaeda launches suicide assault on security forces in western Iraq
By Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, Sept. 24, 2013

The Islamic State of Iraqi and the Levant (ISIL), an al Qaeda branch that operates in Iraq and Syria, launched a suicide assault against police and the military in Haditha today, killing nine policemen. The attack is just the latest in a wave of assaults, bombings, and shooting by al Qaeda as the violence in Iraq continues to spiral towards pre-surge levels.

The ISIL opened the attack by launching rockets at the military headquarters, Reuters reported. As the rocket attack was underway, a convoy of seven vehicles loaded with fighters attacked a police checkpoint in the town and killed six policemen.

The al Qaeda convoy then proceeded to the police station and suicide bombers detonated two vehicles packed with explosives outside the main gate, killing three more policemen [....]

Iraq's Violence Spirals Out

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:22:44 +0000

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Iraq's Violence Spirals Out of Control
By Pamelas Dockins, Voice of America, Sept. 19, 2013

Iraq is grappling with its worst violence in years with almost daily bombings and attacks undermining the country's fragile framework and rivaling the dark days of civil unrest in 2007 and 2008 [....]

The violence has escalated steadily after U.S. troops largely pulled out of the country at the end of 2011.

Civilian deaths in Iraq have more than doubled in the last year, according to a United Nations casualty count.

According to statistics from the United Nations Assistance Mission, August to August one year tallies show deaths up from 2,000 in 2012 to 4,800 in 2013 [....]

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Al Qaeda launches suicide

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