
Qaeda claims 131 attacks in Iraq
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 8, 2012 - Al-Qaeda's front group, the Islamic State of Iraq, said it carried out 131 attacks in the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a statement on the Honein jihadist forum said.
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