Islamic State War -- News Updates October 12, 2014

Car Bombs Kill 25 Near Iraq's Baquba, Anbar Police Chief Killed On Patrol -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Three car bombs killed 25 people at a government compound near Baquba city in Iraq on Sunday and the Anbar province police chief died on patrol when suspected Islamic State militants blew up his convoy, hospital and security sources said.

Insurgents have been carrying out a wave of bombings as the government continues to fight against IS jihadists who four months ago seized major cities in northern Iraq.

The death toll at the compound in Qara Qubah, 80 km north of Baquba, included both civilians and soldiers, hospital sources said. Another 60 people were wounded.

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Islamic State War -- News Updates October 12, 2014

The War In Iraq

At Least 67 Dead In Iraqi Bombings, As Troops Battle IS Militants -- Radio Free Europe
Car Bombs Kill 38 in Iraq's Capital, Baghdad -- AP
Triple Car Bomb Attack in Iraqi Town Kills 25: Reports -- RIA Novosti
String of deadly blasts rocks Iraqi capital -- Al Jazeera
Police Chief of Embattled Province Is Killed in Iraq -- NYT
Police chief of Iraq's Anbar province killed by bomb -- BBC
Iraq army pressured by ISIL in west: official -- Al Jazeera
Despite airstrikes, ISIS forces draw nearer to Baghdad -- FOX News
ISIL raid on Baghdad ‘possible’ amid advances in western Iraq -- Euronews
ISIS has infiltrated suburbs just eight miles from Baghdad's international airport... and has missiles that can shoot down a plane -- Daily Mail
Islamic State fighters besiege towns around Iraq’s capital -- AP
Iraqis 'up against the wall' as ISIS threatens province near Baghdad -- Greg Botelho, CNN

The War In Syria

Heavy Fighting Reported Sunday in Kobani, Syria -- VOA
ISIS pour reinforcements into border town of Kobane after Kurdish forces halt their advance -- Daily Mail
Kurds holding line as ISIL push on town -- Al Jazeera
Kobane on the brink: Pentagon steps up air strikes on besieged town as Kurds beg for more help and warn that ISIS are on the verge of taking over amid fears of massacre -- Daily Mail
As Iraq burns, Islamic State jihadis pour reinforcements into Kobane -- The Telegraph
Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat -- Reuters
Triple suicide attack hits Kurds in Iraq -- Al Jazeera