According to UN News Center, the Security Council has urged the world to step up measures to defeat the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after the terrorist group carried out a spate of brutal attacks in different parts of Iraq over the past few days, calling for “a common effort” among governments and institutions to “stamp out” the violence and intolerance ISIL espouses.
“ISIL must be defeated,” the members of the Council declared in a press statement issued Friday evening, which condemned the vicious string of suicide, vehicle-borne, and other attacks perpetrated by ISIL terrorists in Baghdad and surrounding provinces over the past several days, “which have killed scores of Iraqis, including an elected Member of Parliament from Basrah Province and the Police Chief of Anbar Province.”
Expressing “deep outrage” about all Iraqis as well as nationals of other states killed, kidnapped, raped or tortured by ISIL, as well as its child recruitment, the Council called for the perpetrators to justice, and for the international community, “to further strengthen and expand support for the Government of Iraq, including Iraqi Security Forces, in the fight against ISIL and associated armed groups.”
The Council's call for enhanced international support for Iraq's efforts to counter ISIL's latest bloody offensive comes as media reports describe violent attacks in Iraq's western Anbar Province and a wave of deadly car bombings that ripped through Baghdad late last week, reportedly killing up to 50 people.
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