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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAl Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq bombings
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/30/us-iraq-attacks-claim-idUSBRE97T07A20130830(Reuters) - An al Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Baghdad and other areas of Iraq in retaliation for the execution of Sunni Muslim prisoners, according to an Internet statement on Friday.
Hundreds of people have been killed in attacks across Iraq in recent weeks in the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed in the country for at least five years. Just last week, car bombs, roadside bombs and shootings have killed at least 100 people.
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) said in a statement it had acted in response to the prisoner killings, an apparent reference to the execution of 17 people in Iraq this month, most convicted on terrorism charges.
"We will avenge the blood of our brothers," said the statement, posted on a website used by Islamist militants.
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Aug 2013
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Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)1. K&R nt
David__77
(23,774 posts)2. They take vengeance killing as a strategy not mere tactic.
And do it in Iraq and Syria, its relatively newer playground. This is what sets this group apart - they are definitionally genocidal. They wipe out Shiites/"apostates" as a matter of course. They kill 50 here, 500 there, but would readily kill 5,000,000, if they had the tools at their disposal. They must be wiped out.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)3. And what do we think they will do after Syria is attacked? nt