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Iraqis blame politics, election for Baghdad bombs

Source: Reuters
Baghdad : Iraq | about 1 month ago  
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  • People walk past a hole, caused by a suicide bomb targeting the Ministry of Justice in Baghdad
    People walk past a hole, caused by a suicide bomb targeting the ...
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  • A general view of the Ministry of Justice the day after a suicide bomb in Baghdad
    A general view of the Ministry of Justice the day after a suicide bomb ...
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  • Security officials take a dead man to the morgue after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    Security officials take a dead man to the morgue after two car bombs ...
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  • An Iraqi policeman looks at the damaged building of the Ministry of Justice in Baghdad
    An Iraqi policeman looks at the damaged building of the Ministry of ...
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  • Security officials gather around an overturned car to rescue the victims after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    Security officials gather around an overturned car to rescue the ...
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  • Iraq's Prime Minister al-Maliki prays for the victims of Sunday's suicide bombs in Baghdad
    Iraq's Prime Minister al-Maliki prays for the victims of Sunday's ...
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  • A view of the Baghdad Provincial Council building after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    A view of the Baghdad Provincial Council building after two car bombs ...
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  • A general view of the Baghdad Provincial Council after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    A general view of the Baghdad Provincial Council after two car bombs ...
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  • Security officials push an overturned car to rescue the victims inside after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    Security officials push an overturned car to rescue the victims inside ...
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  • Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a news conference in Baghdad
    Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a news ...
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  • Local residents stand beside an overturned car at the site of a car bomb attack targeting the building of Ministry of Justice in Baghdad
    Local residents stand beside an overturned car at the site of a car ...
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  • Iraq's President Jalal Talabani smiles as he meets U.S. Army General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command during their meeting at al-Salam palace in Baghdad
    Iraq's President Jalal Talabani smiles as he meets U.S. Army General ...
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  • Local residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack targeting the building of the Ministry of Justice in Baghdad
    Local residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack targeting the ...
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  • A general view of Baghdad Provincial Council blast after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    A general view of Baghdad Provincial Council blast after two car bombs ...
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  • Burnt bodies in an overturned car are seen after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    Burnt bodies in an overturned car are seen after two car bombs ...
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  • People gather around a hole, caused by a suicide bomb targeting the Ministry of Justice in Baghdad
    People gather around a hole, caused by a suicide bomb targeting the ...
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  • Overturned cars are pictured after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    Overturned cars are pictured after two car bombs targeting the ...
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  • Rescuers take a wounded woman to the nearest hospital after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    Rescuers take a wounded woman to the nearest hospital after two car ...
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  • Rescuers carry a burnt body from the scene after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    Rescuers carry a burnt body from the scene after two car bombs ...
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  • An Iraqi soldier pushes anti-blast walls to help load them onto a truck at Abu Nawas street in Baghdad
    An Iraqi soldier pushes anti-blast walls to help load them onto a ...
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  • Iraq's Prime Minister al-Maliki observes a moment of silence for the victims of Sunday's suicide bombings in Baghdad
    Iraq's Prime Minister al-Maliki observes a moment of silence for the ...
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  • A victim of the two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council receives medical aid at the hospital in Baghdad
    A victim of the two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and ...
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  • Rescuers remove a burnt body from the blast scene after two car bombs targeting the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council exploded in central Baghdad
    Rescuers remove a burnt body from the blast scene after two car bombs ...
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  • Smoke rises near the Iraqi Ministry of Justice, shortly after a blast, in Baghdad
    Smoke rises near the Iraqi Ministry of Justice, shortly after a blast, ...
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  • Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki listens to Iraq's Governor of Baghdad Salah Abdul-Razzaq during his visit to the damaged building of Baghdad Provincial Council in Baghdad
    Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki listens to Iraq's Governor of ...
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  • Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki listens to an Iraqi fireman during his visit to the damaged Baghdad Provincial Council
    Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki listens to an Iraqi fireman ...
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  • Residents carry coffin of victim, who was killed in one of Sunday's suicide bombs, in Baghdad
    Residents carry coffin of victim, who was killed in one of Sunday's ...
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  • Smoke billows from the Justice Ministry in central Baghdad following a bomb blast there
    Smoke billows from the Justice Ministry in central Baghdad following a ...
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  • A wounded man waits to be treated in the hospital after a car bombing in Baghdad
    A wounded man waits to be treated in the hospital after a car bombing ...
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People walk past a hole, caused by a suicide bomb targeting the ...
The Iraqi government blamed the bloodiest bombings in years on al Qaeda and other extremists, but many ordinary Iraqis think political infighting before next year's election is the cause and fear worse is yet to come. Baghdad was ensnared in a major traffic jam a day after the twin suicide bombs that...
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  • News Source: The New York Times | about 1 month ago
    The official death toll climbed to 155, with more than 500 wounded. The extent of the damage was even worse than initially feared, with three major government buildings destroyed rather than the two at first thought to have been targeted by...
  • News Source: Reuters | about 1 month ago
    The Iraqi government blamed the bloodiest bombings in years on al Qaeda and other extremists, but many ordinary Iraqis think political infighting before next year's election is the cause and fear worse is yet to come. Baghdad was ensnared in a major...
  • News Source: Times Online | about 1 month ago
    The death toll in the twin blasts rose overnight as eight more critically injured people succumbed to their wounds in hospital. Iraqi security forces were on heightened alert this morning, with roads lined by Army humvees and new checkpoints...
  • News Source: The Economist | about 1 month ago
    From Economist.com At least 155 die in the worst bombings in Iraq of the past two years TWO car bombs turned Baghdad into a killing field on Sunday October 25th, claiming the lives of at least 155 people and injuring hundreds more. The main targets...
  • News Source: New Statesman | about 1 month ago
    In the wake of yesterday's coordinated suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed more than 150 people and wounded more than 500, it is a theme picked up by Sami Ramadani, the Iraqi-born, British-based academic, in the Guardian : It is tragic that...
  • News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago
    Iraq bombs are an explosive message The Baghdad carnage is likely to have been caused by Sunnis who feel they have been denied their slice of the power cake The car bombs that ripped into hundreds of residents of Baghdad over the weekend are a...
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  • Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com
    The Iraqi leader walked among the mangled and blackened cars, which lay in front of blast walls that had been decorated with peaceful street scenes of Iraq. At the Justice Ministry, windows and walls on both sides of the street were ... truck bombs
  • Blog Source: www.worldaffairsboard.com
    At least 132 people have been killed and 520 injured in two car bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. The blasts hit the ministry of justice. ... The Iraqi security forces are now in charge. They have been trumpeting their success here. But
  • Blog Source: www.theepochtimes.com
    The two blasts shredded buildings and smoke billowed from the area near the Tigris River. The first bomb targeted the Justice Ministry and the second, minutes later, was aimed at the nearby provincial government building, police said. Prime Minister
  • Blog Source: islamizationwatch.blogspot.com
    At least 132 people have been killed and 520 injured in two car bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. The blasts hit the ministry of justice and a provincial government office near the heavily fortified Green Zone. They came in quick
  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    The bombs targeted two government buildings and called into question Iraq's ability to protect its people as U.S. forces withdraw. The bombings show that insurgents still have the ability to launch horrific attacks even as violence has ... Three
  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    Three American security contractors, working for the U.S. embassy in Baghdad were injured in the blasts, but no American embassy personnel were killed, said Philip Frayne, an embassy spokesman. Frayne could not immediately provide ...
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