Posted January 11, 2016 8:00 pm by Comments

By Robert Farago

Baghdad mall (courtesy newsweek.com)

We’ve pointed it out before: future terrorist attacks inside the U.S. may not adhere to the commonly anticipated pattern. Specifically, a lone gunman (or two in the case of San Bernardino) mounting a single attack. Terrorists abroad have long used “complex attacks”: multiple attackers operating at multiple locations with bombs and firearms in a coordinated assault. (Lest we forget, that was the plan for the Columbine shooting.) Today’s ISIS attack on Baghdad’s Jawaher Mall, a slaughter that left at least 1o people dead, is another warning. Here’s what we know so far [via ibtimes.com] . . .

An attack involving hostages at a Baghdad mall began Monday after two men detonated a parked car outside the shopping center, a Wall Street Journal reported said. The men opened fire on the crowd outside the mall before donating their suicide vests.

It would seem that the car bomb was intended to funnel people into a killing zone, a technique uses against American soldiers in both Afghanistan and Iraq, sometimes used to kill first responders when they arrive on the scene.

The exact details of this Baghdad bombing and shooting remain unclear. Here’s how nbcnews.com reports the incident:

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Source:: Truth About Guns

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