ISIS IN IRAQ
http://www.wsj.com/articles/baghdad-bombing-death-toll-nears-300-1467896428
Death Toll From Sunday Baghdad Bombing Nears 300
Attack by Islamic State, targeting Shiite Muslims, wounded more than 200 others
The death toll from the deadliest single car bombing in Baghdad since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has reached at least 292 people, Iraq’s health ministry said Thursday.
The attack by Islamic State, which also wounded more than 200 others, struck the Iraqi capital’s busiest commercial areas early Sunday as shoppers and diners crowded the streets following the daily dawn-to-dusk fasting that marks the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. On Monday, authorities said 151 people had been killed in the blast.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/dozens-killed-in-shia-shrine-suicide-attack-in-iraq-1467966263
Dozens Killed in Shia Shrine Suicide Attack in Iraq
Islamic State claims they carried out the attack on the shrine north of Baghdad
Islamic State suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a Shiite Muslim shrine north of Baghdad overnight, killing 36 people, military and hospital officials said on Friday.
The shrine in the Balad district of Salahaddin province, some 80 miles north of Baghdad, is typically visited by Shiite pilgrims and worshipers.
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