Suicide bomber kills four, wounds senior Iraqi officer

Security has been ramped up in areas across Iraq since the start of Ramadan amid fears that the Sunni militant group would use the occasion to wage an assault on civilians to destabilize the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. Teachers across the US are now looking to revamp their curricula in response as millions of students return to school

The double botched bombings came as Islamic State lost more ground in their last major stronghold in Iraq with the terror group’s numbers depleted and confined to an area of about a square kilometre in the Old City.

It comes after ISIS militants bound and blindfolded men before throwing them off the top of a 100ft tower block for ‘homosexual crimes’.

The larger attack in Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, killed six local commanders of the Hashid Shaabi umbrella group of Shi’ite militias who were attending the funeral of a commander’s relative, security officials and police in Diyala said.

A roadside bomb exploded and gunmen then opened fire on rescuers and bystanders at the scene, two security officials said.

“Once again, places of worship are being attacked.

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A separate attack in the western Baghdad outskirts of Abu Ghraib followed an offensive by Islamic State militants on army and police positions in the same area on Sunday which left 24 people dead but was eventually repelled by counter-terrorism forces and army attack helicopters.

The National School Boards Association, which advises school districts on curriculum changes, said requests for advice on crafting racially diverse educational material doubled this summer from the same period last year.

Iraqi officials declared victory over the insurgents in Diyala, which borders Iran, nearly a year ago after security forces and Shi’ite militias drove them out of towns and villages there.

The Interior Ministry spokesman denied government forces had intentionally destroyed residents’ homes.

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BAGHDAD, Feb 29 (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed by a suicide bomber at a funeral in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala while a suicide blast at a security checkpoint in Baghdad’s western outskirts killed eight members of the security forces, police said on Monday.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. But the militants have remained active and militia elements have been accused of abuses against Sunni residents.

A further 58 people were wounded, the sources said.

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BAGHDAD, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on Friday urged the government to prevent militant attacks and condemned bombings claimed by Islamic State and retaliatory assaults this week on Sunni mosques in the province of Diyala.

About 65 Islamic State fighters were killed, Sadiq al-Hussaini, chairman of the security panel of Diyala’s provincial council, said, adding other militants had fled but did not specify where.

The attack took place Thursday night in the area of Muqdadiyah in Diyala province.

“We place full responsibility on the government security forces for (the attacks’) repetition and to not permit the presence of militants outside the framework of the state,” his spokesman, Sheikh Abdul Mehdi Karbala’i, said in a sermon broadcast on state television.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, according to messages posted on Twitter.

Mountainous terrain could make it difficult to eliminate Islamic State from the area.

The two women got out of the car after it broke down. “That moment highlighted for a lot of people a side of the internet that they hadn’t considered could manifest itself into real, physical, dangerous action,” he said.

The claim could not be independently verified but it was posted by accounts commonly associated with the group.

He accused IS of planting bombs as they retreated in order to ambush the troops and undermine their reputation. (Reporting by Adam Hadi in Baquba; writing by Raya Jalabi Editing by Keith Weir) Unknown men drove by in a yellow car and took them, a military source said.

The perpetrators want to incite sectarian violence, in a desperate attempt to take the country back into the dark days of sectarian strife,” UN Iraq representative Jan Kubis said.