Dozens killed in ISIL suicide blasts in southern Iraq

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Dozens killed in ISIL suicide blasts in southern Iraq



SAMAWA: -- Two suicide car bombs killed at least 33 people and wounded dozens more in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa on Sunday.

ISIL said it was behind the twin blasts, minutes apart, targeting firstly special forces, then security officers who rushed to the scene. Up to 75 people were hurt.

ISIL holds positions mostly in Sunni areas of Iraq’s north and west – far from the mainly Shi’ite southern region where Samawa is located.

On Saturday, the group said it blew up a car bomb, aimed at Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad. At least 23 people were killed.

The bloodshed comes amid an acute political crisis in Iraq that has seen supporters of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr storm the parliament building.

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[johnarth]

it never ends, Putin might have to nuc the hole country. Then send refugees back to rebuild, so it can start again.

[allanos]

The carnage is horrific. It continues to beg the question as to what the US Government policy advisors were thinking when they allowed the removal of Saddam Hussein and create the political and military vacuum that is present-day Iraq, and with no apparent thought on how the void might be filled? Although George W Bush was President, senior Cabinet members, policy advisors and top CIA members all have to bear ultimate responsibility for what was allowed to happen, and for the price which is being paid today.