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IRIN Middle East | Iraq’s mystery murders | Iraq | Conflict | Early Warning

Abdul Kareem, originally from Diyala, explained the situation: “Tuz Khurmatu is divided in two: al-Jumhuriyah is run by the Kurdish police, and there are no problems; but Hay al-Askary is controlled by Shia militia. Sunnis will find problems there.”

“I cannot understand exactly what’s going on, but people disappear,” he said. “Some days four people, some days six.”

Mohammed Hassan was attending the distribution with four of his brothers. He lowered his voice: “When ISIS came, the city was antagonised and Sunnis started to be targeted.” To protect themselves, they “only move when it’s necessary.”

A large gathering of Sunni Arab IDPs might attract the wrong sort of attention. There were shouts as people tried to leave the distribution fast, piling the blankets and boxes into shared pick-ups.

Many of the displaced back in Sankur are too scared to even enter Tuz Khurmatu to sign up for a government cash grant. Sa’ad pointed out that they “cannot go into Tuz to register because of the killing.”

via IRIN Middle East | Iraq’s mystery murders | Iraq | Conflict | Early Warning.

CENSORED NEWS: Indian country has had enough of John McCain!

There was a surprise waiting in the statistics at Censored News today. Yesterday, Censored News broke all viewer records, with 42,971 pageviews. The views and comments reveal that Indian Country has had enough of Arizona Sen. John McCain, and the scorched earth campaign of the US government, with its river poisoning US EPA and its genocidal coal and uranium mining.

via CENSORED NEWS: Indian country has had enough of John McCain!.

Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 34 ( Aug 17- 23) clear

Must read – smile – as always to stay on top of Egyptian politics and…

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Top Headlines

  • Islamic State claims Cairo’s courthouse bombing. (Thursday)
  • Four Palestinian Hamas militants were abducted in Sinai. (Thursday)
  • Egypt sentences Brotherhood leader to life imprisonment. (Saturday)
  • Egyptian security forces fire tear gas at striking police officers. (Sunday)

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A bombing in Cairo that wounded dozens. Islamic State claimed responsibility. (Amr Nabil / Associated Press)

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