About four hours ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up close to the headquarters of a Suni insurgent group in Muqdadiyah, 60 miles north of Baghdad. The bomber detonated his explosives belt when he could not gain entry through the main gate to the 1920’s Revolution Brigades, where the insurgents are located.
The group of insurgents were loyalists to Saddam Hussein, but had recently broken away from al-Qaida. Several of these insurgents are now working with U.S. military forces against the terror network in the Diyala province, a major power struggle currently.
One woman had been pronounced dead, and three other civilians have been critically wounded. This is the latest of the bombings, as there has been an attack on a village close to Buhriz, 35 miles north of Baghdad. The total body count for all civilians last month was 1,023. For August, the body count was 1,956.
The Middle East is home to a very bloody battlefield, and things do not look so swell as of now. It’s not clear how many other groups of Insurgents will rebel against their own, and fight against terror. It is clear that there will not be a stop to this blood feud for quite some time.
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