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Coordinates: 36°13′0″N 41°47′0″E / 36.216667°N 41.783333°E / 36.216667; 41.783333

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Kahataniya (Arabic,القحطانية) or Gıruzer (Kurdish, also spelled Giruzer, Kar Izir) is a northern Iraqi town about 100 km (62 miles) from Mosul. It was one of two villages targeted in the 2007 Qahtaniya bombings against the local Yazidi community, an ancient pre-Islamic sect.








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