The aftermath of an ISIS bombing in Baghdad July 3, 2016
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Iraqi officials report at least 126 people, including 25 children, were killed in two bombings in Baghdad Sunday. The larger of the two attacks, claimed by the Islamic State and perpetrated very early Sunday morning, killed at least 125 and wounded about 150 more by blowing up a pickup truck next to a busy shopping center.

"It was like an earthquake," said Karim Sami, a street vendor who survived the explosion. "I wrapped up my goods and was heading home when I saw a fire ball with a thunderous bombing. I was so scared to go back and started to make phone calls to my friends, but none answered."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.