48 Dead In String Of ISIS Attacks Across Iraq Targeting "Rejectionist Heathens"
Update: 18 are now dead in a mall attack in eastern Baghdad. As expected, Islamic State has indeed claimed responsibility promising "worse" to come.
"Two bombs later went off in the eastern town of Muqdadiya, killing at least 20 people and wounding another 50 [while] another blast in a southeastern Baghdad suburb killed seven more," Reuters reports. "Islamic State militants controlling swathes of Iraq's north and west claimed responsibility for the mall attacks, which it said had targeted a gathering of 'rejectionist heathens', its derogatory term for Shi'ite Muslims."
Police have now regained control of the mall. There are no hostages. The attackers shot and killed 5 people upon entering before detonating explosive vests.
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Last week, two attacks on Sunni mosques in Iraq suggested a violent sectarian backlash may be in the cards for the war-torn country on the heels of Saudi Arabi's move to execute prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
As we noted in "Iraq Says Mosque Bombings Were False Flag ISIS Attacks," the sectarian issue is particularly divisive in post-Ba’thist Iraq and thus it wouldn't exactly be a surprise if the country' Shiite majority lashed out at Sunnis following al-Nimr's rather untimely demise.
Iraqi officials however, said the attacks were likely false flags staged by ISIS in an effort to exploit the Sheikh's execution and derail efforts to unite Sunni tribesman and Iran's powerful Shiite militias in a coordinated effort to drive Islamic State from the country.
Now, gunmen have taken some 75 hostages at a mall in a Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.
"Police and medical officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters, say the gunmen set off a car bomb at the entrance to the mall on Monday before moving in," AP reports, adding that "the officials say another 25 people were wounded in the attack and that three police are among the dead."
"When the security forces got too close, [the attackers] killed three hostages… We are taking a cautious approach now. We want this attack to end with the lowest possible number of casualties," a source told AFP.
Here's an image from the scene:
"At least" 10 are reported dead.
Although no one has yet taken "credit" for the attack, one has to believe this is Islamic State and if so, it marks an incursion into the Iraqi capital and a serious escalation in hostilities just as the country marked its first real "victory" in Ramadi last month.
Earlier today, the group set off a car bomb in Baquba, which is a mere 40 miles from the capital.
If this is in fact ISIS, it's worth asking which of Islamic State's regional Sunni benefactors ordered an attack on Shiite civilians.
VIDEO: Jawaher mall in Baghdad under attack. 10 dead, 50-75 hostages. pic.twitter.com/1TDtmHkfFG
— Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) January 11, 2016
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Nobody cares about brown-on-brown violence.
George Sr and the "crackhead Jr" should be so proud.
Death to Fashion Bar!
Allahu Amazon!
ISIS hates mall-walkers.
Beware, ISIS is also hate fast food and short order cook!
Smoothie King is dead!
Long live Falafel King!
Mission Accomplished
They hate us for our Cinnabon.
"Rejectionist Heathens"
Funny, that's the same thing Obama calls independent, thinking, people who don't want to be owned by the gubmint.
"This is what free people do"- DR
Sigh. Everyday I wake up without a pillowcase over my head in an "unknown location" is a good one.
So many comedians. Anyway, who Gives a F#ck? They are all part of the same religious crowd.
Anyone who was viewed as a "moderate" or God Forbid, a secularist, was hunted down and murdered during the height of the "surge" and in the years the followed. The Americans were essentially powerless to stop it. What remains now are just the very polar extremes. I'm sure it will turn out well.
Oil well, end well.
I give a f*ck. Obviously you don'y know suffering. Be glad and grateful for that.
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So they only hire TALL burger flippers.
USA malls, however, are filled with, "exceptionals":
Crowds Riot Over New Air Jordans at Texas MallOnce again crowds of black patrons awaiting the release of the new Air Jordan gym shoes rioted ahead of the shoes being released for sale, this time with shots fired and broken windows.
We’ve seen the riots for Ferguson, we’ve seen the riots for Eric Garner, now the riots for gym shoes.
http://libertynews.com/2014/12/crowds-riot-over-new-air-jordans-at-texas...
15 years ago Tomball was pretty nice. Now, it's a cesspool of subprime success.
Islam is such peaceful religiosity, go shopping but arrive at paradise instead. Allah alahu Snackbar!
Lemme guess…
The perps are Sunnis, but they have no connection to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, or Turkey. ;-)
Looney
Is alway Sunni in Philadelphia.
Toni DeVito is Shia, and so is Shia Labeouf. I think? ;-)
Looney
Oh look.. I hurt some far right neocons feelers.. Lick their boots you worthless fvks.
Hey Flamer..... it seems that even your people (you know, the government asslickers we call presstitutes.... one going by the name scarborough) are jumping on board the whole, let our kids Conceal Carry on campus.... while waving the Trump flag (and no, it is not rainbow in color so settle down)
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQLGMufiJzc
ENJOY!
MY people? Hey shitforbrains I don't have any "people" . I hate everybody including your sorry compartmental left right red blue-- fvk you.
HEY BITCH..... if they are not your people..... then stop regurgitating what comes out of their ass. Makes you look like a bigger fool than you already are....
You know... that fucking assclown that parrots everything DADDY says!
It is better to be quiet and be thought of as a fool..... then to open up your mouth and remove all doubt!
Fvk off jackoff you are the idiot accusing me of having "people". If you don't think this complete disaster that Iraq is is NOT from sr and jr.. along with Clinton who is their fvkin lapdog, then getdafvgoutahere.
Suck That Biatch
Hey FOOL.... Just like your dumb ass..... they are all just puppets!
Pull your head out of that stinky crevice, wipe the jizz stain off your mustache, and RECOGNIZE!
Oh please, my pre ban accounts were given to me by Marla. You think for one minute I dont know who is really running shit?
Obviously YOU DONT KNOW SHIT..... Hell, you dont even realize what you wrote just 30 minutes ago.
If you know who is "really running shit" then why would your dumb ass say "If you don't think this complete disaster that Iraq is is NOT from sr and jr.. along with Clinton who is their fvkin lapdog, then getdafvgoutahere"?
No matter what that ugly dirty old man told you, in order to "trick" your ass into swallowing..... In the real world, you cant have it both ways and you cant go around "flip-flopping" your entire life...... Just ask Charlie Sheen!
Wow you are really big on jizz in the mouth/face.. San Fransisco transplant?
Yup..... and i can spot a cum loving flip flopper from a mile away.....
If you know who is "really running shit" then why would your dumb ass say "If you don't think this complete disaster that Iraq is is NOT from sr and jr.. along with Clinton who is their fvkin lapdog, then getdafvgoutahere"?
Because they gave the orders. Sure they are controlled by those we cant criticize or get banned off the board, tribal bankers, BUT THEY GAVE THE ORDERS.
P E R I O D
First sign of clarity i have seen from you all morning!
They were not "giving" the orders, they were FOLLOWING orders!
.....fixed it for you!
They were commander in chief of the military. You can say wtf ever you think you know, but in reality they COULD have bit Soro's hand and bombed his sorry wrinkled ass and not be accused of their war crimes but they didn't. THEY had the choice, YOUR argument is moot.
No arguments intended.... I just wanted you to see how YOUR PEOPLE are starting to capitulate..... starting with scarborough via the link i posted above.....
Have a great day.... and a word to the wise..... stay off the man juice..... For they use it as stringers, roping you back into "the club".
- Bush lies about the fact that he was a high-ranking CIA official at the time of JFK's death.
- Bush allowed the escape of a convicted terrorist from prison to go to work for him as an undercover CIA asset in Iran-Contra.
- Bush has released another convicted terrorist.
- Both these terrorists were present on Dealey Plaza on 11/22/1963.
- Both these terrorists were convicted for killing 73 people by blowing up an airliner.
- Bush is personal friends with a close associate of these convicted terrorists, who was also a participant in Iran Contra.
- Bush has taken a leading role as CIA official in structuring/organizing these terrorists in effective organizations.
Maybe you don't know who is puppet and who is master and maybe you "misunderestimate" the Carlyle Group?
“George Herbert Walker Bush: ‘Sarah, if the American people ever find out what we have done, they would chase us down the street and lynch us.’ That is a famous 1992 quote by George Herbert Walker Bush to Sarah McLendon, a Texas journalist who Bush had known for years and who was the grand dame of the White House press corps at the time. McLendon had asked Bush: ‘What will the people do if they ever find out the truth about Iraq-gate and Iran contra?'”So when we are dealing with people this far up the food chain, it gets really dicey on who is puppet and who is master..
I accept your apology
Nobody in the MSM cares about brown-on-brown violence. :-)
I do, I care that they contain it to brown-on-brown violence until there is only 1 of those idiots left.
All started originally by the original fire starter at the Council on Foreign Relations. S.A. had nothing to do with the original funding and arming of ISIS in Syria nor the millions of Islamists flowing into Europe. Globalists are the Hegelian dialect. S.A. maybe to funding ISIS now, but the triangulation to Iran, and the ensuing war to break out between Shiite and Sunnis will be the ultimate result of the CFRs actions in the region.
Carry a firearm and wear body armor at ALL times. Even when shopping.
There's a mall in Baghdad?
Beat me to it. Even if the number was 500,000 dead, I would be more fixated with "at a mall in Baghdad part".
I see Jihadi John slicing the gyro meat...
Did someone issue a fatwa on the Orange Julius?
Of course there is. America turned Iraq into a Democracy, remember?
Now the Iraqis can shop till they drop - literally!
Don't go where there are crowds.