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Mikhaila Fogel
Monday, April 22, 2019, 3:15 PM

Nearly 300 people were killed and 500 injured in suicide bombings at churches and hotels on Easter Sunday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, reported the New York Times.

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Nearly 300 people were killed and 500 injured in suicide bombings at churches and hotels on Easter Sunday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, reported the New York Times. According to the Washington Post, the government has blamed a local Islamist militant group, but the government suspects the group had international assistance. The Post also noted that several Americans were among the dead.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the U.S. is prepared to impose sanctions on key allies unless the cease to buy Iranian oil, reported the Post.

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Mikhaila Fogel

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Mikhaila Fogel was an associate editor at Lawfare and a research analyst at the Brookings Institution. She previously worked as a legislative correspondent for national security and foreign affairs issues in the Office of Sen. Susan Collins. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, where she majored in history and literature and minored in government and Arabic.

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