Bloody day in Iraq after multiple attacks rock Baghdad:
Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen wearing black outfits broke into homes in Sadr district in eastern Baghdad. They abducted 22 civilians, including four children and three women, police said. Al-Sadr is a Shiite-majority city. Ref. Source 7
Baghdad car bomb targeting pilgrims kills seven: police:
A car bomb blast targeting Shiite pilgrims on an annual march to a Baghdad shrine killed at least seven people Saturday and wounded 20, security and medical sources said. Ref. Source 9
Suicide car bombs kill 15 Iraqi troops in besieged Ramadi:
Fierce clashes erupted between security forces and Islamic State militants following the attacks. Subsequently, Islamic State militants seized the Malaab area after government forces withdrew. Ref. Source 4
52 Killed in Suicide Bombings in Baghdad:
At least 52 people were killed and another 54 wounded on Monday in three suicide bombings, but also in a series of attacks launched by Iraqi forces and the US-led international coalition in the Anbar province, west of Baghdad, security officials said. Ref. Source 7r
Long ago a bombing of this magnitude would make big international news but the world has become accustomed to constant terrorism in Iraq so news of this type has fallen on deaf ears.
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Multiple suicide attacks kill 12 Iraqi troops, militiamen:
Iraqi officials say a series of suicide attacks by ISIS outside a town in Anbar province west of Baghdad killed 12 soldiers and allied Sunni militiamen. Ref. Source 8q