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Different targets, different countries: The challenge of stopping Islamic State

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 05:40 PM PDT

Firemen inspect the site of a suicide car bomb in the Karrada shopping area, in BaghdadBy Warren Strobel and John Walcott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deadly attacks in four countries linked to Islamic State show the limitations of U.S.-led efforts to loosen the group's grip in Syria and Iraq, and the challenge of stopping attacks that are not only globally dispersed but very different in their choice of targets, current and former U.S. officials said. "Bombing the heck out of (Islamic State's capital) Raqqa is not going to stop this stuff," said Paul Pillar, a veteran CIA analyst now at Georgetown University. In recent months, Obama administration officials have frequently portrayed the group's deadly strikes worldwide as a direct response to the U.S.-led military coalition's success in ousting it from large tracts of Iraq and Syria.


Iraqi minister tenders resignation after deadly blast

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:39 PM PDT

Relatives of victims gather on July 5, 2016 at the site of a suicide-bombing two days earlier in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad which left more than 200 people deadIraq's interior minister submitted his resignation on Tuesday as authorities sought to contain the fallout from a bombing in Baghdad that killed more than 200 people and triggered widespread anger. The suicide car bombing ripped through Baghdad's Karrada district early on Sunday when it was teeming with shoppers ahead of the holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, sparking infernos in nearby buildings. "I placed my resignation before the prime minister," Mohammed Ghabban told a news conference, though it was unclear if it would be accepted, and he may yet stay in office.


Families of Iraq War dead hope British inquiry will criticize ex-PM Blair

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:35 PM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair leaves his office in LondonBy Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A British inquiry into the Iraq War delivers its long-awaited report on Wednesday, with critics of the U.S.-led invasion hoping it will condemn former Prime Minister Tony Blair while some families of slain soldiers fear it may be a whitewash. To be published seven years after the inquiry was set up when the last British combat troops left Iraq, the report runs to 2.6 million words - about three times the length of the Bible - and will include details of exchanges Blair had with then U.S. President George W. Bush over the 2003 invasion.


Death toll from Baghdad blast rises to 250 - Iraq's Health Ministry

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:12 PM PDT

People gather at the site of a suicide car bomb in the Karrada shopping area, in Baghdad, IraqBAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad over the weekend has reached 250, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The attack, claimed by Islamic State militants which the government is battling in the country's north and west, was the deadliest of the many car bombings in Baghdad since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed, editing by G Crosse)


Iraq's interior minister resigns after massive Baghdad bomb attack

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 04:12 PM PDT

Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban speaks during an interview with Reuters in BaghdadBy Saif Hameed and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's interior minister resigned on Tuesday and said a deputy would take over his responsibilities, a few days after the deadliest of many car bombings in Baghdad since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Mohammed Ghabban made the announcement at a news conference in Baghdad, a video of which was posted on his Facebook page. Abadi's office had no immediate comment.


Islamic State tightens grip on captives held as sex slaves

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:24 PM PDT

Lamiya Aji Bashar, an 18-year-old Yazidi girl who escaped her Islamic State group enslavers, talks to The Associated Press in northern Iraq in this May 5, 2016 photo. She described how she was abducted along with her sisters and brothers when IS overran her village in 2014 and was passed around from militant to militant, trying to escape many times. Finally she succeeded in March, but only after a mine exploded, killing two girls fleeing with her and leaving Bashar's face scarred and blinding her in one eye. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)KHANKE, Iraq (AP) — The advertisement on the Telegram app is as chilling as it is incongruous: A girl for sale is "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon."


Islamic State tightens grip on women held as sex slaves

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:22 PM PDT

Lamiya Aji Bashar, an 18-year-old Yazidi girl who escaped her Islamic State group enslavers, talks to The Associated Press in northern Iraq in this May 5, 2016, photo. During more than a year of being passed from one militant to another, Bashar attempted to flee many times. On her fifth attempt, in March, she finally reached fighters in a Kurdish-controlled region, a safe haven for Yazidis, but only after a mine exploded, killing two girls fleeing with her and leaving Bashar's face scarred and blinding her in one eye. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)KHANKE, Iraq (AP) — The posting in Arabic is chilling. A girl for sale: "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon."


May leads ballot to become British PM as pound plunges

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 03:15 PM PDT

British Interior Minister Theresa May has emerged as the clear leader in the race for prime minister, scooping up 165 votes from ruling Conservative Party lawmakersBritain's Interior Minister Theresa May emerged as the clear frontrunner Tuesday as lawmakers started picking a new prime minister, while shockwaves from the Brexit vote hit the property market and sent the pound plunging. May, who wanted Britain to stay in the EU but now says she will lead it out, scooped up 165 votes from ruling Conservative Party lawmakers. Unfancied pro-Brexit junior energy minister Andrea Leadsom was her nearest rival with 66 votes, followed by eurosceptic justice secretary Michael Gove on 48.


Anti-IS plans unchanged after Baghdad bombing: Pentagon

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 02:21 PM PDT

Iraqi women walk past a damaged building at the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, on July 3, 2016 in Baghdad's central Karrada districtThe horrifying bombing in Baghdad has not sparked changes to the US-led coalition's strategy against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. The Sunni extremist group has claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing that ripped through Baghdad's Karrada district early Sunday as it was teeming with shoppers, killing more than 200 people. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the United States was "working closely" with Iraqi counterparts, but said he foresaw no changes to current levels of US involvement.


Ex-National Guard member charged with plotting to help IS

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 02:11 PM PDT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former National Guard soldier has been charged with plotting to help the Islamic State group and contemplating a Fort Hood-style attack against the U.S. military.

UK's Iraq War report could make grim reading for Tony Blair

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 02:05 PM PDT

FILE- In this Thursday Dec. 22, 2005 file photo, the then Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair meets soldiers at Shaibah logistics base, Basra, Iraq. Thirteen years after British troops marched into Iraq and seven years after they left a country that's still mired in violence, a mammoth official report, which will be published Wednesday July 6, 2016, is about to address the lingering question: What went wrong? (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)LONDON (AP) — Thirteen years after British troops marched into Iraq and seven years after they left a country that's still mired in violence, a mammoth official report is about to address the lingering question: What went wrong?


Motorbike bomber kills 16 outside bakery in Syria's Hasakeh

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 01:14 PM PDT

Members of the Asayis Kurdish police force stand guard at a checkpoint on November 18, 2013 in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate on the border with Turkey and IraqA motorcycle bomber killed at least 16 people outside a bakery in northern Syria's Hasakeh city Tuesday, on the eve of the feast marking the end of Ramadan, an official said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack, but the Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for previous bombings in the mainly Kurdish region. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the attack killed at least 16 people and wounded another 40.


Will Britain's Iraq War Chilcot inquiry lead to consequences for Tony Blair?

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 01:02 PM PDT

The findings of the Chilcot Inquiry, an investigation into the British government's handling of the Iraq War, are expected to be released Wednesday. Experts say the decisionmaking of former Prime Minister Tony Blair will likely be highlighted in the report, and critics of Mr. Blair have said they will be considering legal and political action against him following the report's release. In 2003, Blair and Britain joined then-President George Bush and the United States in invading Iraq to overthrown Saddam Hussein.

Trump Is Looking at These 7 Republicans for His VP Pick

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 01:00 PM PDT

Trump Is Looking at These 7 Republicans for His VP PickWith less than two weeks before the start of the Republican National Convention, presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump appears to be zeroing in on a running mate. The billionaire businessman also met with Indiana governor Mike Pence and his wife on Saturday at Trump's New Jersey golf club.


Why ISIS is 'lashing out,' from Baghdad to Bangladesh

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 12:35 PM PDT

The ousting of Islamic State fighters from Fallujah was supposed to make Baghdad safer, by showing that the jihadists could be defeated and deprived of a safe haven from which to attack the Iraqi capital. For Baghdad's embattled residents, the blast was revenge for the loss of Fallujah, and yet more tragedy at the hands of IS, also known as ISIS – which they were told was on the run and facing defeat. Recommended: How much do you know about the Islamic State?

The Latest: Attack on camp for displaced Iraqis kills 3

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 12:25 PM PDT

Mourners carry the Iraqi flag-draped coffin of, Akram Hadi, 24, in a Sunday massive truck bomb attack in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Iraqi officials say that more dead bodies have been recovered from the site of the weekend suicide bombing in central Baghdad, bringing the death toll to over 170. The staggering figure is announced as Iraqis mourn and prepare for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr under the pall of one the worst bombings in 13 years of war. An Islamic State suicide bomber struck Baghdad's bustling commercial area of Karada early on Sunday when many residents were out before the start of the dawn fast. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Sunday's Islamic State bombing in Baghdad (all times local):


Saudi king vows to fight religious extremists after bombings

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 12:23 PM PDT

Muslim worshippers gather after a suicide bomber detonated a device near the security headquarters of the Prophet's Mosque in MedinaGENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The king of Saudi Arabia warned his country would strike with an "iron hand" against people who preyed on youth vulnerable to religious extremism, a day after suicide bombers struck three cities in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks. In a speech marking Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that celebrates the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, King Salman said a major challenge facing Saudi Arabia was preserving hope for youth who faced the risk of radicalization. "We will strike with an iron hand those who target the minds and thoughts... of our dear youth," Salman, 80, said.


Bloody attacks with suspected IS links mark end of Ramadan

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:34 AM PDT

Iraqis grieve during the funeral procession of bomb victim, Akram Hadi, 24, who was killed in a Sunday massive truck bomb attack in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Iraqi officials say that more dead bodies have been recovered from the site of the weekend suicide bombing in central Baghdad, bringing the death toll to over 170. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — The government minister largely responsible for security in Baghdad submitted his resignation Tuesday, two days after one of the biggest bombings in more than a decade of war and insurgency killed 175 people as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan came to an especially bloody conclusion.


Saudi king vows to fight religious extremists who target country's youth

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:27 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia will strike with an 'iron hand' against people who target the country's youth, said King Salman, a day after suicide bombers struck three cities in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks. "The biggest challenge facing the Islamic nation is to preserve real wealth and hope for the future of the young who face the risk of extremism and malicious calls pushing them to abnormal behaviors and practices ... " Salman said in a speech marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. "We will strike with an iron fist those who target the minds and thoughts and attitudes of our dear youth," Salman said.

US-led forces destroy own combat drone after Syria crash

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:09 AM PDT

An MQ-9 Reaper flies during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, NevadaCoalition forces fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria destroyed one of their own combat drones Tuesday after the unmanned aircraft crashed, the US Air Force said. The MQ-9 Reaper -- a type of armed drone -- crashed while flying a combat mission after remote pilots lost "positive control" of the aircraft, the Air Force said in a statement. "The remotely piloted aircraft crash was not due to enemy fire.


Biographer blasts George W. Bush for going to war in Iraq

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:09 AM PDT

This book cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "Bush," by Jean Edward Smith. (Simon & Schuster via AP)"Bush" (Simon & Schuster), by Jean Edward Smith


The US Now Has More Oil Reserves Than Saudi Arabia or Russia

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 11:08 AM PDT

The US Now Has More Oil Reserves Than Saudi Arabia or RussiaThe shale boom has catapulted the U.S. energy industry to new heights: A new estimate shows that America is now the world's No. 1 in oil reserves. Just three years ago, the U.S. was behind Russia, Canada and Saudi Arabia, but discoveries in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico have pushed America's ranking ahead of those countries, Rystad analyst Per Magnus Nysveen explained in an interview with The Financial Times.


Running out of resources, Syrian refugees fall further into poverty, debt: report

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 10:05 AM PDT

Migrants walk in the night along the highway towards the border with AustriaBy Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More Syrian refugees in the Middle East are falling into debt and facing poverty, partly as a result of exhausting their savings with shortages of essential aid worsening their plight, U.N. agencies and local governments said on Tuesday. Some 70 percent of refugees in Lebanon are living below the poverty line, compared with 50 percent in 2014, according to the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan mid-year review, carried out by U.N. agencies, local governments and aid groups. In Jordan, 90 percent of registered Syrian refugees in urban areas have fallen below the national poverty line, while more than 67 percent of families are living in debt.


Donald Trump Responds to FBI's Decision on Hillary Clinton's Emails: "The System Is Rigged"

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 09:50 AM PDT

"FBI director said Crooked Hillary compromised our national security."

Kerry offers Bangladesh FBI help as police probe attackers' links

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 09:47 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has offered Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina help to investigate those behind the killing of 20 people at a Dhaka restaurant, as police examine how the young, affluent and educated attackers were radicalized. Police have said all six Islamist gunmen killed in Friday's attack, unprecedented in Bangladesh for its scale and brutality, were locals, leaving authorities rattled by the apparent spread of extremist ideology in a country until recently viewed as a relatively stable secular democracy. Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack and posted pictures of five grinning fighters in front of a black flag who it said were involved in the attack.

WikiLeaks Publishes More Than 1,200 Hillary Clinton Iraq War Emails From Her Private Server

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 09:30 AM PDT

WikiLeaks Publishes More Than 1,200 Hillary Clinton Iraq War Emails From Her Private ServerOn Saturday, Hillary Clinton spent three and a half hours being interviewed by the FBI over the private email server she used as Secretary of State. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has revealed that she will defer to the eventual FBI decision on whether or not to indict Clinton, but the prospect of an actual indictment doesn't seem likely. Regardless of the projected outcome, the controversy remains lodged in the public consciousness, and WikiLeaks celebrated Independence Day by publishing 1,258 of Clinton's emails.


Refugees mark end of Ramadan in Germany with mixed feelings

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 09:29 AM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — It's the first time that Syrian refugee Moustafa Shikh Habib is celebrating the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Germany and he has bittersweet feelings about it.

PM candidate May is 'bloody difficult', senior MP says

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 09:23 AM PDT

Britain's Home Secretary, Theresa May, leaves after attending a cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in LondonBy Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Theresa May, the frontrunner to replace British Prime Minister David Cameron, is "bloody difficult" without much experience in foreign affairs, a senior Conservative lawmaker was caught on camera saying on Tuesday. Ken Clarke, 76, a minister in the governments of Conservative leaders Cameron, John Major and Margaret Thatcher, criticised several of the candidates for his party's leadership in a conversation with another former minister broadcast by Sky News. "Theresa is a bloody difficult woman but you and I worked for Margaret Thatcher ... She won't be any more difficult than that," he said in the clip.


UK PM candidate May is 'bloody difficult', senior lawmaker says

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 09:19 AM PDT

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Theresa May, the frontrunner to replace British Prime Minister David Cameron, is "bloody difficult" without much experience in foreign affairs, a senior Conservative lawmaker was caught on camera saying on Tuesday. Ken Clarke, 76, a minister in the governments of Conservative leaders Cameron, John Major and Margaret Thatcher, criticized several of the candidates for his party's leadership in a conversation with another former minister broadcast by Sky News. "Theresa is a bloody difficult woman but you and I worked for Margaret Thatcher ... She won't be any more difficult than that," he said in the clip.

UN blames Iraq pro-govt militia for kidnappings, beheadings

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 08:30 AM PDT

Shiite volunteers from the Iraqi Ketaeb Hezbollah join the army to fight the Islamic State group, in Baghdad on July 9, 2014A Shiite militia that fought alongside Iraqi forces against the Islamic State group (IS) may have kidnapped 900 civilians and executed at least 50, some by beheadings and torture, the UN said Tuesday. The initial phase of Iraq's vast offensive to retake the city of Fallujah from IS was supported by several Shiite militia, which raised fears of reprisals against the area's Sunni Muslim population. UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said there was strong evidence that one group, Ketaeb Hezbollah, perpetrated atrocities after telling civilians that they were there to help.


Nearly 30,000 'foreign terrorists' in Syria and Iraq, UN warns

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 08:13 AM PDT

Many foreign Islamic State fighters are returning home as Many foreign Islamic State fighters are returning home as the group loses ground in Iraq, increasing the risk of an attack in their countries of originNearly 30,000 "foreign terrorist fighters" are currently in Syria and Iraq, a high-ranking UN official said Tuesday, warning that the risk of attacks in their home countries was growing. "The number of foreign terrorist fighters is very high" in war-ravaged Syria and neighbouring Iraq, said Jean-Paul Laborde, UN assistant secretary general and head of its Counter-Terrorism Committee. "There are nearly 30,000, and now that the territory held by Daech (the Islamic State group) is shrinking in Iraq, we are seeing them return, not only to Europe but to all of their countries of origin, like Tunisia, Morocco," he told reporters in Geneva.


Cameron successor vote begins amid Brexit sell-off

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 08:03 AM PDT

The ruling Conservatives will eventually shortlist two out of five candidates for a vote by party members to decide who will take the keys to 10 Downing StreetLawmakers in the governing Conservative Party began voting for a new prime minister on Tuesday as the Brexit vote sent more shockwaves through Britain's economy and European leaders warned tough negotiations lay ahead. Interior minister Theresa May is styled as clear frontrunner in the race to succeed David Cameron, who announced he would quit after the shock result of the June 23 referendum. The Brexit vote has sparked a fierce debate on whether the EU should close ranks and press for more union or opt for a looser grouping.


Euro 2016 final attack risk grows with French involvement: Germany

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 08:00 AM PDT

German Interior Minister de Maiziere during a Reuters interview in BerlinGermany said on Tuesday Sunday's final game of the Euro 2016 soccer championship in Paris could prove an attractive target for Islamic State, especially if hosts France, victim of November attacks, are playing. "The French are well prepared," German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told Reuters in an interview. "And we have no serious indication of terror attacks.


Turkey charges 17 more over Istanbul airport attack

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 07:02 AM PDT

Turkish special force police officers stand guard near the explosion site at Ataturk airport, on July 1, 2016, three days after a suicide attack targeting the airport killed 45 peopleSeventeen people including 11 Russians have been charged over the Istanbul airport attack, Dogan news agency reported Tuesday, bringing to 30 the total number charged in connection with the suicide assault. Ankara says the Islamic State group is behind the June 28 gun and bomb attack at Ataturk international airport, which left 45 people dead including 19 foreigners. Thirteen suspects, including three foreign nationals, had already been charged Sunday over the worst of several attacks to hit Turkey's biggest city this year.


U.N. warns of renewed cycle of sectarian strife in Iraq, urges prevention

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:57 AM PDT

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Al Hussein addresses the 31st session of the Human Rights Council in GenevaThe top U.N. human rights official called on Iraq on Tuesday to stop groups that are fighting alongside government forces against Islamic State from taking revenge on civilians and to clarify the fate of hundreds who went missing. Witnesses say a government-affiliated Shi'ite militia that helped the army recapture Falluja from Islamic State in early June abducted more than 600 Sunni Muslim men and boys who had just fled the city. The disappearances, along with one of the worst single bombings in Iraq to date in Baghdad on Saturday "increase the likelihood of a renewed cycle of full-throttle sectarian violence," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement.


UN counterterror chief: Nations must work smarter against IS

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:57 AM PDT

Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, CTED, Jean-Paul Laborde of France speaks at a news conference about counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations at their European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. Security Council's counterterrorism agency says the Islamic State group is proving more flexible and adaptable than the governments battling the militants.


Attack part of Bangladesh's long history of political strife

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 4, 2016, file photo, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offers her tribute to the victims of an attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, at a stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The July 1, 2106 deadly restaurant attack in Dhaka speaks to a deeper divide that has pitted secularists against those yearning for Islamic rule since Bangladesh won independence in 1971. In recent years, Hasina has cracked down on the myriad of militant groups in Bangladesh, banning many and arresting their leaders. Some were convicted in opaque war-crimes court proceedings of collaborating with Pakistani forces in committing wartime atrocities and were executed. (AP Photo/File)NEW DELHI (AP) — When Bangladesh dismissed the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the deadly hostage crisis that gripped Dhaka's diplomatic zone over the weekend, some questioned if authorities were in denial.


Iraqi forces advance towards Islamic State-held air base south of Mosul

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 06:05 AM PDT

By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have retaken a cluster of northern villages from Islamic State militants, the government said on Tuesday, pushing closer to an air base that could serve as a springboard for an offensive to retake Mosul, the biggest city held by IS. Backed by air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition, government troops launched their thrust up the eastern side of the Tigris river from the Makhmour military base in March, but tough IS resistance and rough terrain have slowed their advance. Government forces have now seized all villages in the Haj Ali area and reached the eastern bank of the Tigris, around 60 km (40 miles) south of Mosul, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Iraqi dancer who 'just wanted to fly' among Baghdad's dead

Posted: 05 Jul 2016 05:42 AM PDT

FILE -- In this April 16, 2015 file photo, Adil Faraj waits backstage for the cue to begin his final rehearsal before his on-stage debut at the Amman Contemporary Dance Festival in Amman, Jordan. Faraj an Iraqi self-taught dancer who defied conservativism and AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — An Iraqi self-taught dancer who defied conservativism and threats ahead of his stage debut last year was among the scores killed in a massive suicide truck bombing over the weekend in Baghdad.


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