Al-Qaeda-allied group claims responsibility for Baghdad bombings

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BAGHDAD — An al-Qaeda-affiliated group has claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings in Baghdad last week that killed at least 65, calling it the "Thursday Invasion" and saying it "knows where and when to strike."

The group, the Islamic State of Iraq, issued a communiqué on jihadist forums Monday, providing details about one of the attacks, a suicide car bombing that targeted an anti-corruption agency headquarters, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a jihadist monitoring service. The group did not mention the U.S. invasion, but instead said it was acting against what it called Iraq's Shiite-controlled government.

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Peter Whoriskey 27 Dec, 2011

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