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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Tue Jul 5, 2016, 08:08 PM Jul 2016

Iraq Sees Worst Bombing Since Invasion With 250 Deaths

The death toll from Sunday's suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 250, the Iraqi government says, making it the deadliest such attack since the 2003 US-led invasion.

A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families were shopping for the holiday marking the end of Ramadan.

So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it carried out the suicide attack.

An earlier estimate for the attack had put the toll at 165.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36720720

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Iraq Sees Worst Bombing Since Invasion With 250 Deaths (Original Post) Purveyor Jul 2016 OP

250?! kentauros Jul 2016 #1

This is so heart wrenching! herding cats Jul 2016 #2

A sad K&R suffragette Jul 2016 #3

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

1. 250?!

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Jul 6, 2016, 12:03 AM

Jul 2016

Last I'd read was 200, and still that's huge. And mostly families: ..."while families were shopping for the holiday..."

Thanks for posting. There wasn't anything in LBN since yesterday. I guess it's "old news" now...