http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/02/middleeast/baghdad-car-bombs/index.html
As the US loses ground in many of its imperial territories in the Middle East, many alt news sites were saying things like "be on the lookout for fαℓѕє fℓαgs, both in Europe and the US, which will be blamed on ISIS"
Well, here you have it.
Just remember, ISIS is the proxy army of the United States. But if for some reason the US really did want to fight terrorism and/or ISIS, they would happily work with Russia (in Syria and elsewhere) to get the job done.
But since their TRUE goals are completely otherwise (i.e., regime change in Syria, starting a war with Russia, etc.) they won't do this.
Isn't it just marvelous how the MSM conspires to use the term "holy Muslim month of Ramadan" and "holy month of Ramadan?" It's a conspiracy. There's nothing holy about Muslim or Ramadan, obviously. These unholy Mohammedans use Ramadan as an excuse to chop each other up with meat cleavers because it's quieter (and CHEAPER) to kill that way than it is to use guns or bombs, and it is much more (COST) effective at striking terror into the hearts of their victims, who are often also Muslims, err, Mohammedans.
P.S. as I type this, a Mohammedan math tutor sits across the table from me giving a lesson in calculus-based Statistics for medical survey analysis (at a Starbucks) to a Mohammedan (female) medical student. Today's topic is "margin of error." HAHAHAHA
From linked page:
(CNN)A ѕυιcιdє truck bomb ripped through a busy shopping district in Baghdad over the weekend, killing more than 100 in what was the deadliest single attack in the war-weary country in years.
The brazen Saturday night attack in the heart of the packed Karrada neighborhood killed at least 125 people, including 25 children and 20 women.
Families had been gathering hours after they broke the fast for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan and prepared for Eid al-Fitr -- the day that marks the end of the holiday this week.
As people congregated, shopped and watched soccer matches, the bomb-laden truck plowed into a building housing a coffee shop, stores and a gym. Firefighters rescued wounded and trapped people in adjacent buildings.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. It was the latest in a string of assaults during Ramadan, a period of fasting and prayer for Muslims and also a time when jihadists launch operations against those they regard as their enemies.
At least 147 people were wounded.
ISIS promised an uptick in terror attacks during Ramadan. The Baghdad assault came just days after massacres at a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, and security targets in Yemen. There have also been recent ѕυιcιdє attacks in Jordan at a border crossing near Syria, and ѕυιcιdє attacks in a Christian area of northern Lebanon.
Last month, a gunman shot up a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people before he was killed, and an attacker killed a police commander and his partner in France.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Bangladesh and Yemen and there are news reports that ISIS claimed responsibility for the Jordanian attack. Experts believe the group might have conducted the attacks in Turkey and Lebanon.
Omar Mateen, the killer in Orlando, and the attacker in France both pledged allegiance to ISIS.
A second bomb exploded Sunday at an outdoor market in the Shaab neighborhood of southeastern Baghdad, killing one person and wounding five others, police said.
Both Baghdad strikes are a sign of the Sunni-Shiite tension in the Muslim world. Sunni-dominated ISIS claimed it was targeting Shiite neighborhoods. Karrada and Shaab are predominately Shiite.
"These acts of mass murder are yet another example of Daesh's contempt for human life," said State Department spokesman John Kirby, using another term for ISIS. "From Baghdad to Istanbul, Brussels, Dhaka, and Paris, Daesh terrorists murder the innocent to attract attention and recruits. They will not succeed."
Kirby was also making reference to the attacks last November in Paris that killed 130 people and the attacks in Brussels that left more than 30 dead.
Witness: 'I lost several friends'
In Karrada, college student Sadeq al Zawini, 25, was watching as rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble.
"We've had it with the Iraqi government and politicians. They can't continue blaming Daesh and other terrorist groups. We need a solution," he said. "I lost several friends myself, some are still missing," he said, sobbing.
The anger of residents manifested itself when Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and other officials attempted to survey the bomb damage.
Amateur videos posted on social media showed residents throwing objects at a convoy carrying al-Abadi in Karrada. The videos showed protesters yelling "thief!" and "get out!"
In a statement, al-Abadi said he understands the reaction in "that moment of grief" by the residents who threw objects at his convoy.
He said he came to Karrada to console families and "share their sorrow in this painful tragedy that happened." He said ISIS tried to hijack the joy that Iraqis felt over recent victories against ISIS in Falluja.
Recent surge
As for Baghdad, it has witnessed a surge in the number of car bomb attacks in recent weeks, with ISIS claiming responsibility for many of them.
One of the worst incidents occurred in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood May 17, when a car packed with explosives detonated, killing at least 24 people and wounding 71, according to security officials.
That was followed by two more explosions in the Shaab neighborhood that killed at least 19 people and wounded another 44. A female ѕυιcιdє bomber may have been responsible for one of the blasts, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.
Hundreds of new U.S. troops to Iraq a 'possibility'
International reaction
Former Iraqi diplomat: Iraq is in political chaos
Al-Abadi called the Karrada strike "dastardly" and "cowardly" and announced a three-day mourning period.
"This is a cowardly and heinous act of unparalleled proportions, to target peaceful civilians in the closing days of the holy month of Ramadan, including shoppers preparing" for the Eid holiday, said Jan Kubis, the United Nations special representative for Iraq.
The White House issued a statement saying, "These attacks only strengthen our resolve to support Iraqi security forces as they continue to take back territory from ISIL, just as we continue to intensify our efforts to root out ISIL's terrorist network and leaders." ISIL is also another name for ISIS.
UNICEF reacted to the death of 25 children in the attack.
"The killing and maiming of children is a grave violation under international humanitarian law," the group said in a statement. "As violence across Iraq intensifies, children continue to pay the heaviest price."
Bombing comes after Iraqi gains against ISIS
This flurry of ISIS strikes during Ramadan comes as the United States says the group is losing ground in the warfare across Syria and Iraq.
Iraqi forces announced last week they have seized the city of Falluja, 40 miles west of Baghdad, from ISIS. At the time, authorities assured Baghdad residents that the bombings would stop.
Many of the car bombers and ѕυιcιdє bombers who have plagued the capital for years are from Falluja, about an hour away.
"Obviously this will reignite the anger of ordinary people who say we can't even go out at night and enjoy life in our city," said CNN Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman.
Iraqi forces, encouraged by their triumph, are turning their attention to Mosul, where they and Kurdish forces plan to wrest control of Iraq's second-largest city in the north. Mosul has been under ISIS control since 2014.
Cedric Leighton, a CNN military analyst and retired Air Force colonel, thinks the attacks will worsen and said that is ISIS' game plan, to generate instability.
"They are trying to create enough chaos in Iraq itself so that the Iraqi forces will find it very difficult to actually take advantage of the forward momentum they have achieved because of their victory in Falluja and that is a very serious issue that the al-Abadi administration is going to have to address."
It's hard to say "when and where they are going to strike," he said of ISIS.
"This is a very, very difficult time. It is a very risky time, just because the political fissures are so great within Iraq that they are so easily exploitable by ISIS and its fellow travelers."
Such attacks, like the one in Baghdad will serve to drive a wedge between the government and the people, in particular the Shiites.
"The wedge was already there and its fairly easy for them to exploit this," he said.
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