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Iraq: Shi’ite jihadis murder 40 people in attack on Sunni mosque

Aug 22, 2014 10:40 am By Robert Spencer

ShiitejihadiMany times we have seen both Sunnis and Shi’ites attack mosques of the opposing group, and murder many people. Yet the Sunni-Shi’ite jihad gets little notice in the international media or from the global “human rights community.” They are much more focused on “Islamophobia,” although “Islamophobes” have never killed anyone in any mosque.

“Forty Killed in Attack on Sunni Mosque in Iraq,” by Safa Majeed and Matt Bradley, Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2014 (thanks to Twostellas):

BAGHDAD—Gunmen thought to be connected to a Shiite militia killed 40 people and wounded 30 others in an attack on a Sunni mosque in the restive province of Diyala during Friday afternoon prayers, according to a local security official, in a development that is likely to further inflame sectarian tensions.

The armed assault on the Musa’b bin Oumair mosque in the Hamrin region of Diyala province followed an attack with an improvised explosive device by unknown militants that also struck the mountainous Hamrin region northeast of the provincial capital of Baqouba, according to Ismail Al-Jobouri, a former member of the Diyala provincial council.

Though the exact identities of the perpetrators in both attacks were unclear by midafternoon on Friday, the incidents illustrate the pitfalls in the Iraqi government’s policy of using irregular Shiite militias to combat a Sunni Islamist insurgency that has swallowed up nearly a quarter of the country since June.

The province of Diyala is divided between Iraq’s Sunni minority and the Shiite sect that dominates Iraq’s central government in Baghdad. The area has long played host to bloody sectarian tensions, and security in the region serves as a bellwether of wider strains throughout the country.

Since militants belonging to the Islamic State took over the northern city of Mosul and surged southward to within striking distance of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, in mid-June, outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has relied on Shiite militias to fill the gaps in his badly routed military.

It was unclear which, if any, of the Shiite militias were responsible for Friday’s attacks. But many such Shiite groups have taken part in massacres of Sunni worshipers in the past, particularly in Diyala.

Some groups, such as Asaib Ahl Al Haq and the Badr Corps, are trained and financed by Iraq’s Shiite-majority neighbor Iran.

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  1. john spielman says

    Aug 22, 2014 at 10:48 am

    ah, the Religion of Peace! Beautiful islam, the world’s only perfect religion (SARC! ) because they consider Muhammed pbuh( PERPETUAL BAISHMENT UNTO HELL) a perfect man- this man who was a self professed MASS MURDERER, THIEF LIAR MISOGYNIST AND DEMON POSSESSED PEDOPHILE!

    • Oliver says

      Aug 22, 2014 at 12:37 pm

      Perhaps these Shit militias can kill a few hundred ro more of the ISIS people. And get killed doing so.

      I would really like to see a WW1 and earlier (like US Civil War) type line up–Sunnis on one side, Sh’iittes on another, and go to it, killing each other, leaving the inncoents out. And, when the numebrs (of living) get low, a halt to get reinforcements, and go at it again. And again.

      Would clean up the gene pool; and make the world a little safer-especially if done in large enough numbers.

      • Biff H says

        Aug 22, 2014 at 10:12 pm

        The Shia have proven themselves to be turn tail and run cowards time and again. They only act against a defenseless entity. They are not a stand and fight Lions of Allah and prefer laying in the shade and licking their nut sacks.

  2. Just A Concerned Citizen says

    Aug 23, 2014 at 9:34 am

    The local Arabic language ragsheet here in Bahrain got around to reporting this piece today (they had the number at 70, if I remember right). What I found amusing about the story was the paper had declared the perpetrators (they love that word…) to be Shia-affiliated members of ISIS who enjoyed the protection of the Iraqi government.

    Shia *and* ISIS…? Seems even Arab media can’t keep things straight any longer.

    • Elisheva14 says

      Aug 23, 2014 at 3:56 pm

      Iran is a Shia nation but funds Sunnis. Maybe there are Shia’s who joined with IS and like killing other Muslims for the sport of killing. These guys are not discriminating and just kill whatever is available. Hamas doesn’t seem to care about the Palestinians. They use them as human shields.

  3. fair_dinkum says

    Aug 24, 2014 at 3:18 am

    a fraction of the daily events between these to competing brands of islam.

    i hope the shias remember that they only make up 10 % of the mohammedian subscribers.. so they need to aim for a ratio of kills of at least 10:1

    i believe they can do it.
    and the very, very best of luck to them. my prayers are with them.

    may both sides achieve their goal of wiping out the other..

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