Sunday, November 16, 2014

Isis Claims Responsibility For Car Bomb That Wounds Five Near Baghdad Airport by Savannah Boyack

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/16/isis-claim-responsibility-car-bomb-baghdad-airport

           A car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint near Baghdad's heavily guarded international airport complex on Sunday, injuring five people. Two hours later, a roadside bomb exploded three miles from the airport, killing three people and injuring seven. Isis claimed responsibility for these attacks and described them as their first suicide bomber to receive the Americans exiting from the airport. Yet, security and police sources stated that no Americans had been targeted.

           One thing that stands out to me is the fact that Isis claimed they were targeting Americans but no Americans had been injured or present during the attacks. The reason for this may be because one of the victims had a very small connection to an American relative or the suicide bombers are very careless. If the latter is true, this makes Isis even more dangerous then they already are in my opinion.

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  1. Did the article say ISIS did the car bombing?

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    1. The article states that: Twitter accounts that support Islamic State (Isis) militants distributed messages saying the group claimed responsibility for the attack by what they described as “the first” suicide bomber “to receive the Americans” exiting from the airport.

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