What they couldn't win at the ballot box they are attempting to win through terror. Note that this one took place at a funeral procession: for these attackers, there are simply no civilian non-combatants or innocents. "Mosul suicide bombing kills 26," from [1] CNN, and RB:

MOSUL, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bombing at a Shiite Muslim funeral procession killed 26 people Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, hospital officials said.

The explosion also wounded 27 others, the officials said, near the
Shahedayein Mosque in central Mosul's al-Ta'meen district.

A U.S. military statement said preliminary reports indicated 25 to 30 people were killed and more than 100 wounded....