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| Iraq |
| Baghdad Bombings Kill 12 |
| 2014-03-28 |
| [AnNahar] Three sets of bombings in Storied Baghdad killed at least a dozen people Thursday evening, the latest in a surge in bloodshed in Iraq just weeks ahead of scheduled parliamentary elections. Two roadside kabooms that went kaboom!in Amriyah in western Storied Baghdad, a boom-mobile in the northern district of Adhamiyah -- both of which are Sunni-majority -- and another vehicle in the Saidiyah neighborhood also maimed at least 30 people, the sources said. The boom-mobile in Adhamiyah, which struck near the massive Abu Hanifa mosque, killed at least seven people and maimed 22, while the twin bombings in Amriyah left four others dead. Another boom-mobileing in Saidiyah killed one more. The blasts came just ahead of the weekend in Storied Baghdad, when markets and cafes are typically packed, and continue a trend of post-sunset attacks in the capital. Violence in the city had previously been concentrated during morning rush hour. No group immediately grabbed credit for the attacks. Sunni Death Eater groups such as the powerful Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... jihadist group are often blamed for such bombings targeting civilians, including those against Sunnis, because the Death Eater groups do not regard them as sufficiently faithful. Elsewhere in Iraq, attacks north of the capital killed three people including a police colonel. Violence in Iraq is at its highest level since 2008, with near-daily attacks across the country and anti-government fighters in control of an entire town on Storied Baghdad's doorstep. The bloodshed has been driven principally by anger among the Sunni Arab minority, who complain of mistreatment by the Shiite-led government and security forces, as well as by the civil war in neighboring Syria. More than 450 people have been killed so far this month and upwards of 2,100 since the beginning of the year, according to Agence La Belle France Presse figures based on reports from security and medical sources. Analysts and diplomats have called for the Shiite-led authorities to do more to reach out to the disaffected Sunni minority in a bid to reduce support for militancy. But with the elections looming on April 30, politicians have been loath to be seen to compromise. |
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