Middle East Brutality Ramadan

OUR DAILY VIOLENT MIDDLE EAST:

 

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It’s why I call the Muslim festival: Ramadamadingdongboom.

Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 69

This year’s Ramadan was the most violent since 2007, with 671 people killed.

BAGHDAD — A wave of car bombings targeting those celebrating the end of Ramadan across Iraq killed 69 people Saturday, a bloody reminder of the inability of Iraqi authorities to stop violence threatening to spiral out of control.

Violence has been on the rise across Iraq since a deadly crackdown by government forces on a Sunni protest camp in April, and attacks against civilians and security forces notably spiked during Ramadan. The surge of attacks has sparked fears that the country could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007.

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But wait, the death toll rises!

IRAQ CAR BOMBING KILLS 80 11.8.2013

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air raids in syria kill 30 11.8.2013

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two al qaida terrorists droned in yemen 11.8.2013

ADEN: A drone strike on Yemen, the ninth since the end of July, has killed two suspected al Qaeda members, a local official said on Saturday.

Friday’s attack in the southern province of Lahij targeted a car, wounding two other people while one person escaped unharmed, the official said on condition of anonymity.

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