Recently, Baghdad has suffered one of the deadliest strikes within months as a car bomb had gone off in the evening in the middle of a crowd of shoppers. It would seem as terrorists are once again trying to spark tensions between the Shiites and the Sunnis of Iraq. So far, a pick-up truck was used for the car bombing as it was filled with a lot of explosives.
Over 70 people were wounded as a result. This is ironic as the United States military have been receiving gains in the security of Iraq. According to witnesses, most of the 51 people were killed due to being trapped to a building that burned and went up in flames. The explosion by the car bomb set fire to the generator.
A multistory building had also leveled due to the explosion. Many buildings had caught on fire due to the car bomb. This shows that despite the gains in security, there are still terrorists waiting to strike at any given moment and time. In short, one could be a victim of a car bombing at any given time.
Earlier that day, there was a bomb planted in a motorcycle that had gone off. This one was in Northern Baghdad as it killed four members from a Sunni Awakening Group. The Awakening Groups have been constant targets for Al-Qaeda. Many of the Sunnis had started to turn on Al-Qaeda.
In about three to four months, this has been the deadliest attack. There was the suicide bombing at Baghdad’s pet market back in March. At least 68 people were killed during the bombing in that month. So far, many have said that the bombings are screaming Al-Qaeda. Yes, Al-Qaeda still has a presence in Iraq.
Not only do US and Iraqi troops have to deal with suicide bombers, they still have to deal with Muqtada Al-Sadr. Al-Sadr had recently said he would be mobilizing a new elite fighting force go combat US troops.
However, Al-Sadr has not given further details. But, letters have been sent to mosques across Iraq.
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