It is so good to see Iraq is back to normal. At least the normal post "W".

There is a new death squad in town. Oh, I forgot, the death squad simply came home. They must have gotten tired of them in Syria.

January 11, 2016

By Susannah 

BAGHDAD — The Islamic State group (click here) claimed responsibility for the Baghdad mall attack that killed 18 people on Monday. Gunmen stormed into the Jawhara Mall after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance.
Iraqi officials say the attack which lasted over an hour, killed at least 18 people and wounded 50 in the city's mainly Shiite east.

The IS statement, posted online shortly after the attack, sad a car bomb and four IS fighters carried out the attack, targeting an area where many Shiite Muslims are known to gather and warned of "worse" to come. Iraqi officials say the attack was carried out by seven men, one of whom died when he detonated his explosive vest at the start of the attack. The conflicting accounts could not immediately be reconciled....