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Iraq: Islamic jihadists murder 38 in car bombings

Oct 27, 2014 8:55 pm By Robert Spencer

APTOPIX Mideast IraqIf the bombing in Jurf al-Sakhar was indeed the work of the Islamic State, it is a tacit admission of weakness: they were not able to hold the town, so instead content themselves with striking “terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60).

“Car bombings in Iraq kill at least 38 people,” by Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press, October 27, 2014 (thanks to Kenneth):

BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombings in Iraq, including one where a suicide attacker drove a Humvee into a checkpoint manned by Iraqi troops and pro-government Shiite militiamen, killed at least 38 people Monday, authorities said.

The deadliest attack struck the outskirts of the Sunni town of Jurf al-Sakhar, where the suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden Humvee into the checkpoint, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, a police officer said. Most of those killed were members of the Shiite militia, he added.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Jurf al-Sakhar is 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad, but the bombing bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Islamic State group.

Islamic State group militants lost control of the town Sunday, when Iraqi soldiers and the Shiite militia retook it from the Sunni extremist group. The Islamic State group seized the town in July as part of its blitz that captured large swaths of northern and western Iraq.

In the wake of the group’s advance, Shiite militias answered a call by Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to join government forces in fighting the extremists.

Jurf al-Sakhar is part of a predominantly Sunni ribbon of territory that runs just south of Baghdad and lies on a road usually taken by Shite pilgrims to the holy Shiite city of Karbala further south.

Pilgrims will be taking the route next week to commemorate the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein – one of the most revered Shiite martyrs.

Monday night, a car bomb blast near a line of shops and restaurants in downtown Baghdad killed 14 people and wounded 23, police said….

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  1. Ayatrollah says

    Oct 27, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    If these attacks were actually by IS and because they lost territory, they are like babies. If they can’t have their way they just kill people.

    That behavior is a war crime right?

    • Beagle says

      Oct 27, 2014 at 11:52 pm

      The West does not care about IS genocide or war crimes. Why…?

      I have no idea. Instead IS fighters return to freedom to roam, job programs, therapy, and benefits. Contrast with decade-long hunts for Serbs.

  2. Harvey Nextman says

    Oct 28, 2014 at 10:08 am

    The mathematics of this behavior would indicate that REAL islam (if adherents strictly adhered to principles) would never be able to sustain a population large enough to organize itself properly or create technology strong enough to hurt enough of the muslims willing to fight such an entity. Lots of people will die in the process…such is the punishment for ignoring stupid ideas.

  3. Oliver says

    Oct 28, 2014 at 11:48 pm

    And, tomorrow or Thursday or Friday we will read where the Shiites killed (hopefully–please) 1,500 or so Sunnis.

    The more the better.

    And a day or so later, the Sunnis killed more Shiites.

    Ad infinitum. as long as they kill each other, and leave civilized people alone.

    Perhaps (again, hopefully, perhaps wishful thinking) they will take the Muslims form here back to their shitty lands, and get killed, also. Help the gene pool, and deal with other issues.

  4. shabeer_hassan says

    Oct 30, 2014 at 3:26 am

    LEAVE THE MUSLIM ,WHAT THE REAL CHRISTIAN SAYS ABOUT THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIAN BY JEW:
    http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Jewish_persecution_of_Christians
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians#Persecution_of_Christians_by_Persians_and_Jews_during_Roman-Persian_Wars
    http://www.rense.com/general21/pastzionist.htm
    http://mondoweiss.net/2014/05/responds-extremists-christians

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