Group Claims It Caused Deadly Irbil Blasts
From Times Wire Reports
An Iraqi insurgent group claimed responsibility for suicide attacks last weekend on the offices of two Kurdish political parties in Irbil, saying they were targeted because of the Kurds’ ties to the United States. The claim could not be confirmed.
The statement by Jaish Ansar al-Sunna, or Army of the Supporters of the Sunna, was posted in Arabic on a website. Sunna refers to the collective teachings of the prophet Muhammad.
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