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Iraq
Iraqi Airstrikes Kill 9 IS Militants
2022-01-31
Follow up to this story from yesterday.


Iraqi Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s killed nine suspected Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 fighters, including four Lebanese, in retaliation for an IS attack on Iraqi army barracks earlier this month, officials said Sunday.

IS button men in Iraq broke into a barracks in the mountainous al-Azim district outside the town of Baqouba on Jan. 21, killed a guard and rubbed out 11 soldiers as they slept. It was one of the boldest attacks by the murderous Moslems in recent weeks and came amid an uptick in violence that stoked fears the group has been re-energized.

Yehia Rasool, the front man for Iraq's commander in chief, said the joint military operations room and the air force identified the cell behind the attack as its members hid in al-Azim, north of Baghdad.

Three airstrikes were launched that killed the nine holy warriors, he said.

A security official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that four among the killed were Lebanese, natives of the northern town of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to news hounds.

Tripoli is Lebanon Hezbollahstan
...In 2006 unknown persons blew up Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the car he was traveling in, the road he was traveling on, and a few innocent bystanders of no account whatsoever. The person or persons unknow weren't Hezbollah, you can bet on that. Really. Even though there was an international tribunal that said it was them...
's second largest city and the country's most impoverished. It has been prone to violence and murderous Moslems who, inspired by the Islamic State group, launched attacks against the Lebanese Army in 2014 in the most serious bout of violence in the city. As Lebanon faces an unprecedented convergence of crises, including a swift descent into poverty, many fear murderous Moslems may seek to exploit discontent among the city's majority Sunni residents.

Lebanon's al-Jadeed TV gave a higher corpse count, saying that five Lebanese were killed in Iraq. One family member appealed in the broadcast to Lebanese authorities to facilitate return of the bodies.

Also Sunday, Iraqi anti-terrorism units carried out an inspection campaign in seven prisons in Iraq holding IS holy warriors. The campaign comes after a brazen prison attack IS murderous Moslems carried out in northeastern Syria that lasted for over a week and in which an unknown number of suspects escaped, the anti-terrorism unit said in a statement.

IS was largely defeated in Iraq in 2017. The group was dealt a final blow in 2019 when it lost its last territory in southeast Syria during the U.S.-led military campaign in cooperation with Syrian Kurdish-led forces.

But thousands of murderous Moslems melted into the desert and have continued to wage attacks, frequently hitting security forces and military with roadside kabooms and firing on military convoys or checkpoints in both countries.

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Iraq
In eastern Iraq, militants killed at least 12 civilians
2021-10-27
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] At least 12 people were killed and 15 were injured as a result of an armed attack by militants from the Islamic State group on a settlement in the Diyala province in eastern Iraq. This was reported on October 26 by the news portal SHAFAQ News.

The attack took place near the town of al-Mikdadi,
...alternate spelling Miqdadiyah...
located about 110 kilometers from Baghdad. Terrorists attacked a group of young people in the village of Rashad and began firing at residential buildings with various types of weapons. The militants retreated only after the Iraqi army came to the aid of the villagers.

It is clarified that the death toll may increase, since so far only part of the wounded have been hospitalized.

Earlier, IA REGNUM reported on the elimination of eight terrorists on the territory of Iraq, in the province of Kirkuk.
Rudaw adds:
The group said on its Telegram propaganda channels on Tuesday that its militants targeted Sunni fighters of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi) in Diyala’s Saadiya area the previous day, “killing a fighter and injuring two others.”
Update from An Nahar at 3:30 p.m. from An Nahar:
Gunmen from the Islamic State extremist group attacked a village northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 11 civilians and wounding six others, Iraqi security officials said.

The officials said the attack occurred in the predominantly Shiite village of al-Rashad northeast of Baqouba in Diyala province. The circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear, but two officials who spoke to The Associated Press said Islamic State group militants had kidnapped two villagers earlier and then raided the village when their demands for ransom were not met.

Machine guns were used in the attack, they added, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. They said all the dead and wounded were civilians.
Related:
Diyala: 2021-10-10 Iraq's F16 destroys an ISIS site in Diyala
Diyala: 2021-10-05 Raging Lunatic Who Filmed Kyrsten Sinema in the Bathroom Speaks out
Diyala: 2021-09-24 ‘Main’ ISIS hideout destroyed in Hamrin mountains
Related:
Miqdadiyah: 2021-09-05 Bodyguards of a former parliament speaker injured in an armed attack
Miqdadiyah: 2021-04-24 Two injured in an ISIS attack in Baqubah; 2 cars bombed, killing 3
Miqdadiyah: 2019-09-24 Diyala dead dudes: Iran sock puppets capture ISIS hideouts, 1 puppet kaboomed
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Iraq
Suicide bomb kills at least 13 near Baghdad
2016-05-11
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An evening suicide kaboom in a commercial area in a city northeast of Baghdad killed at least 13 people, Iraqi officials said Tuesday.

The bomber blew up his explosives-laden minibus shortly before sunset Monday near a bakery and a falafel restaurant in a Shiite neighborhood of the city of Baqouba, a police officer said. The kaboom in the neighborhood of Shifta also maimed at least 60 others, he added.

Baqouba, the historic provincial capital of Iraq’s Diyala province, is 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad. A medical official confirmed casualty figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren’t authorized to release the information.

No group has grabbed credit for the attack, but it bore the hallmarks of ISIS, which controls large stretches of territory in the country’s west and north, as well as Iraq’s second-largest city, djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
.
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Iraq
Iraq prison convoy ambushed north of Baghdad
2014-07-25
Gunmen attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad on Thursday, setting off a gunbattle with troops in which scores of prisoners and eight soldiers were killed, brutally underscoring Iraq’s instability as lawmakers convened to elect a new president.

The dawn attack began with militants firing mortar rounds on Iraqi army bases in the town of Taji, where suspects were being held on terrorism charges, prompting authorities to evacuate the facilities, fearing a jailbreak, officials said.

As the convoy travelled through a remote area nearby, roadside bombs went off and militants opened fire. The ensuing battle left 52 prisoners and eight soldiers dead, with another eight soldiers and seven prisoners wounded, they said. It was not immediately clear if the prisoners were killed by soldiers or militants, or if the Islamic State group was involved.

The town of Taji is located some 20 kilometres north of the capital.

Islamic State militants have staged several jailbreaks, including a complex, military-style assault on two Baghdad-area prisons in July 2013 that freed more than 500 inmates.

Apparently fearing a repeat of the incident, Shia militiamen killed nearly four dozen Sunni detainees last month in the town of Baqouba northwest of Baghdad when the facility where they were being held came under attack, according to a report by Amnesty International. The report documented a “pattern of extrajudicial executions” of mainly Sunni detainees by forces loyal to the Shia-led government, both in Baqouba and in the north, basing its conclusions on interviews with survivors and relatives of those killed.
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Iraq
Iraq Officials Say Bombings Kill At Least 14
2013-09-11
[Ynet] A new wave of bombings in Iraq killed at least 14 civilians and maimed dozens on Tuesday, as forces of Evil try to exploit the country's political instability and undermine government efforts to maintain security.

The deadliest took place near the eastern city of Baqouba when three boom-mobiles targeted outdoor markets, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding 34, a police officer said. Baqouba, a former al-Qaeda stronghold, is 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate....
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Iraq
Car bomb attacks on markets in central Iraq kill at least 22
2013-06-10
Militants detonated explosives-laden cars around two busy markets in central Iraq on Monday, killing 22 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a wave of violence ravaging the country.

Attacks in Iraq have spiked to levels not seen since 2008. The surge in bloodshed, which follows months of protests by the country's Sunni Arab minority against the Shiite-led government, is raising fears that Iraq is heading for another bout of sectarian violence.

Monday's deadliest attack occurred in Diyala province when three parked car bombs exploded virtually simultaneously around a wholesale fruit and vegetable market at the height of business in the town of Jidaidat al-Shatt. The town is just outside the provincial capital of Baqouba, about 60 kilometres (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad.

The blasts killed 15 people and wounded 46. Soon after the explosions, security forces sealed the roads linking Baqouba to Baghdad in an apparent effort to prevent further attacks.

Shortly after midday, another car bomb went off near a fish market in the northern Baghdad suburb of Taji, killing seven shoppers and wounding 25, police said.
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Iraq
Iraq bomb kills 14th provincial polls candidate
2013-04-15
[Beirut Daily Star: Region] A roadside kaboom killed an Iraqi provincial elections candidate and three other people north of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
 Sunday, bringing the number of candidates killed in attacks to 14, officials said.

Najm al-Harbi was traveling to Baqouba on a highway in Diyala province in his personal vehicle when the bomb went kaboom!, killing him, two of his brothers and a bodyguard, a police lieutenant colonel and a doctor said.

An official from Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlak's office confirmed Harbi's death, and said he was the head of the deputy premier's list in Diyala province.

Harbi's killing comes a day after Hatim Mohammad al-Dulaimi, a candidate for Salaheddin provincial council, was rubbed out by gunnies near his home in Baiji, north of the Iraqi capital.

Dulaimi was connected to the Al-Ensaf Front group headed by Sunni politician Mishaan al-Jubouri.

Soldiers and coppers cast their ballots for the provincial elections on Saturday, a week ahead of the main vote, the country's first since March 2010 parliamentary polls.

The election comes amid an uptick in violence and a long-running political crisis between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and several of his former government partners.
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Iraq
Separate attacks claim 58 lives across Iraq
2012-09-10
[Iran Press TV] Security and medical sources say more than 58 people have been killed and over 250 others maimed in a series of bombings and gun attacks across Iraq over the past two days.

The deadliest attack took place in a town near the city of Amara, situated some 365 kilometers (226 miles) south of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
, on Sunday, when twin car booms went off, Rooters reported.

A local police source, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, said that the attack occurred after midday when a car boom went kaboom! at a marketplace near a shrine in the town.

Minutes later, another car boom exploded when Iraqi security forces and civilians gathered at the scene of the first blast to evacuate the victims.

The two blasts killed a total of 18 people and maimed 70 others.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for...
 a car boom went kaboom! about 7:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) on Sunday in a car park at the rear gate of the state-owned North Oil Company - situated about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk.

Seven people were killed and 17 others maimed in the act of violence.

In Kirkuk itself, three people bit the dust and 70 others suffered injuries in two kabooms. The blasts destroyed cars, and damaged government buildings in the city.

A car boom also seriously maimed six Iraqi soldiers west of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
 while another left two people maimed in Hawija, situated approximately 48 kilometers (30 miles) south of Kirkuk.

In another attack, gunnies opened fire late on Saturday on an Iraqi army checkpoint near Balad, situated 80 kilometers (49 miles) north of Storied Baghdad. Shortly later, a roadside kaboom went kaboom! when additional soldiers arrived.

An unnamed army colonel said eleven soldiers, including two officers, were killed and eight others maimed in the attacks.

Security and medical officials said a police captain was also rubbed out on Saturday night in the town of Garma, located 30 kilometers (20 miles) northwest of Storied Baghdad.

Separately, one person was killed and at least seven others maimed after three car booms rocked Taji, situated 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Storied Baghdad.

And five roadside kabooms went off in and around Baqouba, situated 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Storied Baghdad, killing a soldier and wounding 17 others.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for...
 a bomb detonated near the French consulate in Nasiriyah, situated 305 kilometers (190 miles) south of Storied Baghdad, on Sunday. The kaboom caused material damage and maimed an unspecified number of people.

Additionally, a car boom went kaboom! in front of a hotel in Nasiriyah, killing two people and wounding two others

Several more deaths have been reported in attacks in Tuz Khurmatu, southern port city of Basra, Tal Afar and Samarra.

The latest violence brings the number of people killed in attacks so far this month to 82, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical sources.
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Iraq
13 killed in kaboom north of Baghdad
2012-08-16
BAGHDAD -- Three bomb blasts shortly before sunset Wednesday killed 10 people north of Baghdad in the latest spasm of violence to grip Iraq.

The first bomb went off Wednesday in Baqouba, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of the Iraqi capital. Police said two civilians and one police officer were killed, and five people were wounded.

Minutes later, authorities said, a car bomb exploded at the entrance of the main market in Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad. A second blast struck as police arrived on the scene. Police said the toll for both bombings in the town was seven killed and 26 wounded.
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Iraq
Widespread attacks in Iraq kill 50
2012-02-24
BAGHDAD: A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraqi territory killed at least 50 people on Thursday, targeting mostly security forces in what appeared to be another strike by Al-Qaeda militants bent on destabilizing the country.

The apparently coordinated bombings and shootings unfolded over two-and-a-half hours in the capital Baghdad — where most of the deaths were — and 11 other cities. They struck government offices, restaurants and one in the town of Musayyib hit close to a primary school. More than 200 people were injured.

“What is happening today are not simple security violations — it is a huge security failure and disaster,” said Ahmed Al-Tamimi, who was working at an Education Ministry office a block away from a restaurant that was bombed in the Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah in northern Baghdad. He described a hellish scene of human flesh and pools of blood at the scene.

“We want to know: What were the thousands of policemen and soldiers in Baghdad doing today while the terrorists were roaming the city and spreading violence?” Al-Tamimi said.
Good question. But this is the problem of playing defense: it's never perfect, and the bad guys will at some point find a way to hurt you. You have to go on offense and kill the hard core thugs, and you have to get the semi-hard boyz to decide to drop the heat and take up auto mechanics for a living.
While no group immediately claimed responsibility for the latest attacks, targeting security officials is a hallmark of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. In December, a wave of bombs tore through mostly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing 69 people in a similar onslaught of violence that Sunni-dominated Al-Qaeda claimed.

Nationwide, security forces appeared to be targeted in at least 14 separate attacks, including a drive-by shooting in Baghdad that killed six policemen at a checkpoint before dawn. Police patrols in the capital and beyond also were besieged by roadside bombs and, in once case, a suicide bomber who blew up his car outside a police station in the city of Baqouba, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad.

Iraq’s police are generally considered to be the weakest element of the country’s security forces, and 20 were killed earlier this week by a suicide bomber outside the Baghdad police academy that angry residents blamed on political feuding that is roiling Iraq.

But the latest violence spilled onto commuters, restaurant patrons, passers-by and school children as well.

In the single deadliest strike, a car bomb in Baghdad’s downtown shopping district of Karradah killed nine people and wounded 26. The blast effects could be felt blocks away, shaking buildings and windows. Associated Press TV footage of the scene showed people walking away from the scene, covered in blood.

In Musayyib, a car bomb parked on the street between a restaurant and an elementary school killed one person and wounded 62. Most of the injured were school children, said police and health officials.

The casualties were tallied by local security and hospital officials in the cities where the attacks occurred. Nearly all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

Late Wednesday, Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced the capture of Waleed Khalid Ali, accused as a top leader of the Ansar Al-Sunna insurgent group linked to Al-Qaeda. The government said Ali was caught trying to enter Iraq from Syria, where Al-Qaeda groups recently have been surging to assist opposition forces seeking the overthrow of President Bashar Assad.

But the coordinated nature of Thursday’s attacks show the likely were planned long before the arrest. A Western diplomatic security official said recent intelligence indicated that an unspecified attack was in the works.

Widespread violence has decreased since just a few years ago when Iraq teetered on the brink of civil war. But bombings and deadly shootings still happen almost daily.
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Iraq
Car bomb north of Baghdad kills 3 Iraqi soldiers
2012-02-01
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi official says a bomb blast north of Baghdad has killed three Iraqi soldiers, hours before the nation’s parliament is to reconvene after lawmakers ended their boycott to protest persecution of Sunni officials.

Police spokesman in Diyala province, Maj. Ghalib Al-Karkhi, says a parked car bomb detonated near a military patrol late Monday in Baqouba, killing three soldiers and wounding three others. Baqouba is a former Al-Qaeda stronghold, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad.
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Iraq
Qaeda Iraqi Islamic State Wali of Diala arrested
2011-11-14
DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Anti-terrorism squad arrested today the so-called Qaeda Iraqi Islamic State Wali of Diala was arrested, who is man number two in Qaeda organization in Iraq.

The security operation took place west of Baqouba city. Security sources told Aswat al-Iraq that two cars were found ready for explosion, in addition weapons equipped with silencers. The source added that the operation was made in cooperation with central anti-terrorism department.
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