Sunday, September 03, 2006
Sunni group claims responsibility for Shia killings
Security
An Iraqi Sunni Muslim militant group claimed responsibility on Sunday for a series of attacks against Shias in Baghdad on Thursday in which 50 people were killed. In a statement posted on the Internet, Jamaat Jund al-Sahaba (Soldiers of the Prophet's Companions) said the attacks were in retaliation against what it said were killings of Sunni Muslims by Shia militias. The authenticity of the statement could not be verified. The same group claimed responsibility in August for a suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people and wounded 120 near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf.
An Iraqi Sunni Muslim militant group claimed responsibility on Sunday for a series of attacks against Shias in Baghdad on Thursday in which 50 people were killed. In a statement posted on the Internet, Jamaat Jund al-Sahaba (Soldiers of the Prophet's Companions) said the attacks were in retaliation against what it said were killings of Sunni Muslims by Shia militias. The authenticity of the statement could not be verified. The same group claimed responsibility in August for a suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people and wounded 120 near the Imam Ali shrine in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf.
