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May 19, 2016       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/under-strain-islamic-state-takes-its-battle-to-the-streets-of-baghdad/2016/05/18/e077a128-1c66-11e6-82c2-a7dcb313287d_story.html

Islamic State Takes Its Battle to Baghdad

(Washington Post) Loveday Morris - Islamic State militants launched four separate bombings in open-air markets in Baghdad over the past week, killing more than 150 people. The Islamic State-linked news agency Amaq claimed the group had killed 522 people in the capital in less than a month. U.S. and Iraqi military officials say the attacks are part of an effort by the Islamic State to stall any offensive to retake its strongholds in Iraq - Fallujah and Mosul.

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