Karim al-Nouri, Badr spokesman, February 2015

Date
February 2015
Name of Author
Karim al-Nouri
Body

“We don’t want history to record that we conducted an offensive with American cover.”Liz Sly, “Middle East Pro-Iran militias’ success in Iraq could undermine U.S.,” Washington Post, February 15, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqs-pro-iranian-shiite-militias-lead-the-war-against-the-islamic-state/2015/02/15/5bbb1cf0-ac94-11e4-8876-460b1144cbc1_story.html.

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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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