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Twin Baghdad bombings meant to provoke new conflicts16:19, October 27, 2009
Two suicide bombs tore through Baghdad on Sunday, October 26, killing at least 160 people and wounded more than 500 others, Arab media reported. As many people are seriously injured, death toll could rise at anytime and, moreover, for Iraqis, even the death toll has only been roughly estimated sometimes.
The "October 26" terrorist bombings have stunned Iraq and the international community as well. The United Nations, the European Union (EU), the African Union (AU) and other regional groupings as well as the United States, Canada, France, Iran and other related nations have all lambasted the hideous bloody acts in their respective statements.
Sunday's bombings, which occurred near the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad provincial government building, ripping through cars and local people, constitute the bloodiest in Iraqi capital since mid 2007.
More than two months ago, on August 19, separate blasts in the vicinity of Bagdad killed an estimated 100 people and wounded 250 more. The blast then was said to be the car bomb explosion near the foreign ministry, which killed dozens and wounded hundreds. In the meanwhile, the UN headquarters in Baghdad was also hit by a suicide truck bombing that killed 22 people in what was one of the most deadly attacks ever to be launched in years. Iraqis then never expected that an even greater nightmare was "on the way" and that could throw them into another abyss of untold misery again in two months' time.
For decades, Iraqis have longed for a modicum of freedom and democracy. To date, they have not yet been capable to enjoy "democracy and freedom" and are not protected or guaranteed by the rudimentary "security" and "peace", as Iraqi media have commented.
U.S. troops have begun pulling out in advance of a full withdrawal by the end of 2011, and the ensuring security is now mainly the responsibility of Iraqi soldiers and police. Since Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country, the number of vicious assaults has mushroomed and related casualties chalked up despite a drop in overall violence.
Although chief culprits of the twin bombings in Baghdad on Sunday are yet to be defined, according to chief U.S. military spokesman, the bombings were likely the work of Al Qaeda or remnants of late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's former Baath party. The objective of the bombings, noted the spokesman, was aimed precisely to provoke retaliatory sectarian violence, undermine mid-January parliamentary elections in Iraq and discredit the Iraqi government led by Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
Nouri al-Maliki's allies swept to victory over Shia religious parties during provincial elections in mid January 2009. The security situation has however improved noticeably since early this year. Prime Minister al Maliki has repeatedly assured the general public that he was capable of contribute to the maintenance of security and stability in Iraq, and he even announced to remove all "separation walls" in Baghdad as a clear-cut indication of an improved situation in his country and the confidence of his government.
For a few months ahead, local media reportedly say, the government of Prime Minister Maliki would exert its utmost to reinforce defense and security efforts, so as to avert itself from being discredited, and he even announced the removal of all "separation walls" in the capital of Baghdad to affirm or prove the good situation and improved government confidence.
Nevertheless, it remains quite doubtful and uncertain if Prime Minister Al Maliki's government is fully capable of fulfilling this arduous, mandated task.
Twin Baghdad bombings meant to provoke new conflicts - People's Daily Online
Two suicide bombs tore through Baghdad on Sunday, October 26, killing at least 160 people and wounded more than 500 others, Arab media reported. As many people are seriously injured, death toll could rise at anytime and, moreover, for Iraqis, even the death toll has only been roughly estimated sometimes.
The "October 26" terrorist bombings have stunned Iraq and the international community as well. The United Nations, the European Union (EU), the African Union (AU) and other regional groupings as well as the United States, Canada, France, Iran and other related nations have all lambasted the hideous bloody acts in their respective statements.
Sunday's bombings, which occurred near the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad provincial government building, ripping through cars and local people, constitute the bloodiest in Iraqi capital since mid 2007.
More than two months ago, on August 19, separate blasts in the vicinity of Bagdad killed an estimated 100 people and wounded 250 more. The blast then was said to be the car bomb explosion near the foreign ministry, which killed dozens and wounded hundreds. In the meanwhile, the UN headquarters in Baghdad was also hit by a suicide truck bombing that killed 22 people in what was one of the most deadly attacks ever to be launched in years. Iraqis then never expected that an even greater nightmare was "on the way" and that could throw them into another abyss of untold misery again in two months' time.
For decades, Iraqis have longed for a modicum of freedom and democracy. To date, they have not yet been capable to enjoy "democracy and freedom" and are not protected or guaranteed by the rudimentary "security" and "peace", as Iraqi media have commented.
U.S. troops have begun pulling out in advance of a full withdrawal by the end of 2011, and the ensuring security is now mainly the responsibility of Iraqi soldiers and police. Since Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country, the number of vicious assaults has mushroomed and related casualties chalked up despite a drop in overall violence.
Although chief culprits of the twin bombings in Baghdad on Sunday are yet to be defined, according to chief U.S. military spokesman, the bombings were likely the work of Al Qaeda or remnants of late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's former Baath party. The objective of the bombings, noted the spokesman, was aimed precisely to provoke retaliatory sectarian violence, undermine mid-January parliamentary elections in Iraq and discredit the Iraqi government led by Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
Nouri al-Maliki's allies swept to victory over Shia religious parties during provincial elections in mid January 2009. The security situation has however improved noticeably since early this year. Prime Minister al Maliki has repeatedly assured the general public that he was capable of contribute to the maintenance of security and stability in Iraq, and he even announced to remove all "separation walls" in Baghdad as a clear-cut indication of an improved situation in his country and the confidence of his government.
For a few months ahead, local media reportedly say, the government of Prime Minister Maliki would exert its utmost to reinforce defense and security efforts, so as to avert itself from being discredited, and he even announced the removal of all "separation walls" in the capital of Baghdad to affirm or prove the good situation and improved government confidence.
Nevertheless, it remains quite doubtful and uncertain if Prime Minister Al Maliki's government is fully capable of fulfilling this arduous, mandated task.
Twin Baghdad bombings meant to provoke new conflicts - People's Daily Online
