Al-Qaeda proves once again

They do not think of the humanity they mangle and dismember, the humanity that suffers by their hands, the country that wants them gone. Such are the lives of fanatics:


(Pic stolen from Firedoglake)

At least 175 people were killed last night in a quadruple suicide attack on a town in northern Iraq.

In one of the bloodiest atrocities since the fall of Saddam Hussein at least another 200 people were wounded in the bombings in separate areas of the town of Kahtaniya, west of Mosul, Iraqi army Captain Mohammad al-Jaad said.

The attacks on the Yazidi community occurred about 8pm local time leaving whole apartment buildings destroyed and several shops nearby ablaze.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks but they bore the hallmark of al-Qaeda, which has been regrouping in the north of the country after being driven from safe havens in Anbar and Diyala provinces.

And the article goes on:

The huge loss of life came on the same day as dozens of uniformed gunmen in 17 official vehicles stormed an Oil Ministry compound in Baghdad and abducted a deputy oil minister and four other officials.

A total of nine US military deaths were also announced after a transport helicopter crashed near an air base west of Baghdad, killing five troopers. The CH-47 Chinook helicopter had been conducting a routine post-maintenance test flight when it went down near Taqaddum air base. Four other soldiers were reported killed in separate attacks.

What a waste of effort, of time, of treasury, of lives.