NYTIMES: Iraq Ministries Targeted in Car Bombings; Over 130 Dead
BAGHDAD — A pair of suicide car bombs exploded almost simultaneously in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, targeting two government buildings and killing at least 136 people and wounding 520, according to the Ministry of the Interior. The official said the toll may rise even more.
AFP/TELEGRAPH: SPV:Iraq bomb blasts kill at least 130Two car bombs targeting the country's justice ministry and the nearby headquarters of the Baghdad provincial administration exploded in quick succession, leaving in their wake a scene a familiar scene of devastation.
Police said at least 132 people were killed and over 500 more were wounded in the attacks, the bloodiest in the capital city since April 2007.
Iraqi hospital officials say that at least 130 people have been killed and 600 wounded in twin car bombings that appeared to target government buildings in central Baghdad.
The powerful blasts went off less than a minute apart in car parks near the headquarters of the Baghdad provincial administration and the Ministry of Justice building.
There were so many wounded that even civilian cars were pressed into service to bring the casualties to area hospitals.
Security officials later said that the figure of at least 136 people killed made the blasts Iraq's worst bombing of the year.
The car bombs come as Iraq is preparing for elections scheduled for January, and many Iraqi officials have warned that violence by insurgents intent destabilising the country could rise.
(April 2007 - that's when Iran kidnapped those British sailors. ALSO IN APRIL - THIS ITEM: Exclusive [ABC NEWS]: Iran Nuclear Bomb Could Be Possible by 2009BBC:
April 02, 2007 6:15 PM
Natanz_centrifuges_nr Iran has more than tripled its ability to produce enriched uranium in the last three months, adding some 1,000 centrifuges which are used to separate radioactive particles from the raw material.
The development means Iran could have enough material for a nuclear bomb by 2009, sources familiar with the dramatic upgrade tell ABC News.
The sources say the unexpected expansion is taking place at Iran's nuclear enrichment plant outside the city of Natanz, in a hardened facility 70 feet underground.)
DEADLIEST ATTACKS SINCE 2003
- Aug 2007: More than 500 killed in attacks on villages near Sinjar
- Jul 2007: 150 killed in truck bombing in Tuz Khurmato
- Apr 2007: 191 killed in car bombings in Baghdad
- Mar 2007: 152 killed in truck bombing in Tal Afar
- Feb 2007: 135 killed in truck bombing in Baghdad
- Nov 2006: 202 killed in multiple blasts in Baghdad
- Mar 2004: 171 killed in bombings in Baghdad and Karbala
SEE THE PATTERN???????Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:
_ Oct. 25 — Two powerful car bombs explode in downtown Baghdad, killing at least 136 people in an apparent attempt to target the fragile city's government offices.
_ Aug. 19 — A series of bombings against ministries kills 102 people, including 65 at the Foreign Ministry, 28 at the Finance Minister and 8 at the Health Ministry. More than 500 are wounded in the attacks.
_ Aug. 7 — A suicide truck bomb targets a Shiite mosque in a northern suburb of Mosul, flattening the mosque and killing at least 44 people. The attack also injures more than 200 people. Bombings against Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad kill seven.
_ June 24 — Bomb rips through crowded market in Baghdad's Sadr City, killing 78.
_ May 20 — A parked car bomb explodes near several restaurants in northwest Baghdad, killing 41.
_April 29 — Twin car bombing in a popular shopping area in Sadr City, the biggest Shiite district in Baghdad, kills 51 people.
_ April 24 — Back-to-back female suicide bombings kill 71 people outside the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad in Kazimiyah.
_ April 23 — Suicide bomber strikes restaurant in Muqdadiyah, kills at least 53, including 44 Iranian pilgrims, three Iraqis and six burned beyond recognition bodies.
_ March 10 — Suicide bomber targets tribal leaders at market in Abu Ghraib, killing 33.
_ March 8 — Suicide bomber strikes police academy in Baghdad, killing at least 30.
_ Feb. 13 — Female suicide bomber targets Shiite pilgrims in Musayyib, killing 40.
_ Jan. 4 — Female suicide bomber strikes Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing 38.
THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ATTACKS AND SIZE OF THESE ATTACKS IN IRAQ - AND IN AFGHANISTAN AND IN PAKISTAN - IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE PRESSURE PUT ON IRAN.
REPEAT:THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ATTACKS AND SIZE OF THESE ATTACKS IN IRAQ - AND IN AFGHANISTAN AND IN PAKISTAN - IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE PRESSURE PUT ON IRAN.
COINCIDENCE?
NOPE.
I'VE POSTED THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE: THE ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN AND IRAQ ARE NOT STRICTLY A LOCAL POLITICAL MATTER NOR "HOME-GROWN".
IT IS GLOBAL JIHAD.
AND GLOBAL JIHAD IS RUN FROM TEHRAN AND NOT FROM SOME CAVE IN WAZIRISTAN.
Round up here.
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