Al Qaeda Endorses Iraq bombs

Over 80 people were killed in car bomb explosions and attacks in Iraq over the weekend, and the terrorist network Al Qaeda's Iraqi branch takes on the responsibility.

Photo: Mushtaq Mohammed / Reuters

Al Qaeda takes responsibility for the bombings that killed over 80 people in Iraq over the weekend. Monday continued violence by at least 18 killed. Human Rights Watch called the bombings a crime against humanity.

The terrorist network Al Qaeda's Iraqi branch mentions an announcement bombs as a deterrent message to the Iraqi security forces, who carried out an operation against radical groups over the past week.

A total of twelve car bombs exploded Saturday in several Iraqi cities , all in the busy shopping streets, local markets and farms, while families celebrated id.

All the bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods. Also Sunday, there were attacks.

Monday continued without interruption in the violence. Two people were killed and eleven wounded, including several children, when a bomb went off near a school in Muqdadiya, northeast of Baghdad.

Later in the day, at least 16 people killed when a suicide activists attacked a cafe in the Iraqi town of Balad, said hospital sources.

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