Seven dead in raid on Iraqi gas plant claimed by IS

Seven dead in raid on Iraqi gas plant claimed by IS Baghdad (AFP) May 15, 2016 - Suicide attackers stormed a gas plant north of Baghdad Sunday, killing at least seven people and setting fire to tanks in the latest such assault claimed by the Islamic State group. Brett McGurk, the top US envoy to the coalition battling IS, said meanwhile that the increase in such attacks showed the jihadists were under pressure in the face of the offensive against it. The attack on th ... more

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