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The carnage in Iraq continuesas another terrorist attack takes place in Baghdad, the latest in a series of such atrocities that have hit the capital and other parts of the country over the past week.<\/p>\n

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The carnage in Iraq continuesas another terrorist attack takes place in Baghdad, the latest in a series of such atrocities that have hit the capital and other parts of the country over the past week.<\/h4>\n

ISIS is undergoing a losing battle in Mosul, its last remaining stronghold in Iraq, and it is expected to lose control of the city in the coming months.\u00a0<\/h4>\n

However, it still has a deadly capacity to carry out terrorist acts. Even without its so-called caliphate, ISIS will continue to undermine stability in the country.<\/h4>\n

The bombings over the past week have barely registered in the international media and the conscience of the international community.<\/h4>\n

Terrorist groups such as ISIS view Kurds, Yazidis, Christians and other minorities as heretics, but it is their attacks on Iraq\u2019s Shias (who represent Iraq\u2019s majority) that would amount to what the United Nations and other international institutions have described as the factors that collectively constitute a genocide.<\/h4>\n

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