{{Unreferenced{Infobox terrorist attack |title=19 September Baghdad bombings |image= |caption= |target= |date=19 September 2010 |time-begin= |time-end= |timezone=UTC+4 |type=coordinated bomb detonations, car bombs |fatalities=31+ |injuries=100+ |susperps=Al-Qaeda in Iraq |perps= Islamic State of Iraq |Footage= }} The 19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings were a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq that killed at least 31 people, in two neighbourhoods of the capital.[1] Over a hundred more were wounded.[2] On 24 September the Islamic state of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.[3]
Background[]
Iraqis blamed the political deadlock in their country for the attacks as Iraqi authorities are struggling to form a unity government since March 2010 elections which rendered no single bloc to form a majority win and hence depending upon each other for forming a coalition government.[2][4]
Further the attacks in recent days also coincided with the USA's decision to downsize its troops in Iraq and handing over the security to Iraqi forces.[2][5]
Attacks[]
On 19 September 2010 two car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital almost simultaneously at around 10:10 am.[5] The first (and most powerful) car bomb exploded in the residential Mansour district killing 10 people.[4] The attack was in front of the local sales office of Asiacell (an Iraqi mobile phone company), although it is not clear if this was the specific target.[5][6]
Minutes later second attack occurred, in the predominately Shia neighborhood of Al Kadhimiyah.[5] Apparently aimed at an office of the Iraqi Federal Police and the National Security Ministry in Adan Square, it killed approximately 21 people and injured 71.[4][7] A witness described the attack; "It was a minibus – the driver stopped and told people nearby that he was going to go see a doctor, a few minutes later, it exploded."[5]
Perpetrators and aftermath[]
On 24 September Al-Qaida's the Islamic state of Iraq front group in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.[8]
References[]
- ↑ "31 dead after car blasts in Baghdad – World news, News". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 19 September 2010. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/21-dead-after-car-blasts-in-baghdad-14952928.html. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Twin blasts in Baghdad kill 23". BBC News. 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100920050527/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11361355. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100930170437/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5itEQp3pTWeaepNIHFnZYu3DQFmgA
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Twin Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 31, wound dozens". Al Arabiya. 19 September 2010. http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/09/19/119722.html. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "29 killed in twin Baghdad car bombs". Times of India. 19 September 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/29-killed-in-twin-Baghdad-car-bombs/articleshow/6585242.cms. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ↑ "Dozens dead after Baghdad Car bombs". New york Times. 19 September 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/middleeast/20baghdad.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ↑ "29 people killed in Baghdad twin car bombings". Xinhua. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/19/c_13519948.htm. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9IEFOTO0
See also[]
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