Islamic State War -- News Updates October 12, 2014

Sunday, 12 October 2014




Car Bombs Kill 25 Near Iraq's Baquba, Anbar Police Chief Killed On Patrol -- Reuters



(Reuters) - Three car bombs killed 25 people at a government compound near Baquba city in Iraq on Sunday and the Anbar province police chief died on patrol when suspected Islamic State militants blew up his convoy, hospital and security sources said.



Insurgents have been carrying out a wave of bombings as the government continues to fight against IS jihadists who four months ago seized major cities in northern Iraq.



The death toll at the compound in Qara Qubah, 80 km north of Baquba, included both civilians and soldiers, hospital sources said. Another 60 people were wounded.



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Islamic State War -- News Updates October 12, 2014



The War In Iraq



At Least 67 Dead In Iraqi Bombings, As Troops Battle IS Militants -- Radio Free Europe

Car Bombs Kill 38 in Iraq's Capital, Baghdad -- AP

Triple Car Bomb Attack in Iraqi Town Kills 25: Reports -- RIA Novosti

String of deadly blasts rocks Iraqi capital -- Al Jazeera

Police Chief of Embattled Province Is Killed in Iraq -- NYT

Police chief of Iraq's Anbar province killed by bomb -- BBC

Iraq army pressured by ISIL in west: official -- Al Jazeera

Despite airstrikes, ISIS forces draw nearer to Baghdad -- FOX News

ISIL raid on Baghdad ‘possible’ amid advances in western Iraq -- Euronews

ISIS has infiltrated suburbs just eight miles from Baghdad's international airport... and has missiles that can shoot down a plane -- Daily Mail

Islamic State fighters besiege towns around Iraq’s capital -- AP

Iraqis 'up against the wall' as ISIS threatens province near Baghdad -- Greg Botelho, CNN



The War In Syria



Heavy Fighting Reported Sunday in Kobani, Syria -- VOA

ISIS pour reinforcements into border town of Kobane after Kurdish forces halt their advance -- Daily Mail

Kurds holding line as ISIL push on town -- Al Jazeera

Kobane on the brink: Pentagon steps up air strikes on besieged town as Kurds beg for more help and warn that ISIS are on the verge of taking over amid fears of massacre -- Daily Mail

As Iraq burns, Islamic State jihadis pour reinforcements into Kobane -- The Telegraph

Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat -- Reuters

Triple suicide attack hits Kurds in Iraq -- Al Jazeera

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