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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 09:49 PM Jun 2016

Yemen IS: Bombs kill dozens in port city of Mukalla

Source: BBC

Triple bomb attacks claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group have killed at least 35 people and injured 24 in Yemen's south-eastern city of Mukalla.

The militants struck at sunset as soldiers were preparing to break their day-long fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials say.

The attacks involved a suicide bomber, a car bomb and an improvised explosive device, Reuters news agency reports.

An offshoot of al-Qaeda controlled the port city until recently.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36647041

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Yemen IS: Bombs kill dozens in port city of Mukalla (Original Post) Little Tich Jun 2016 OP
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Are the Republicans getting the vapors? Darb Jun 2016 #2
 

Darb

(2,807 posts)
2. Are the Republicans getting the vapors?
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 11:58 PM
Jun 2016

No. Because the victims are not white. They won't even mention it.

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