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19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings

2010 series of bomb attacks in Baghdad

Field	Value
title	19 September Baghdad bombings
partof	Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
location	Baghdad, Iraq
date	19 September 2010
timezone	UTC+4
type	coordinated bomb detonations, car bombs
fatalities	31+
injuries	100+
perps	Islamic State of Iraq

| time-begin = | time-end = The 19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings were a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq that killed at least 31 people, in two neighbourhoods of the capital. Over a hundred more were wounded. On 24 September the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.

Background

Iraqis blamed the political deadlock in their country for the attacks as Iraqi authorities are struggling to form a unity government since March 2010 elections which rendered no single bloc to form a majority win and hence, depending upon each other, for forming a coalition government.

Further the attacks in recent days also coincided with the USA's decision to downsize its troops in Iraq and handing over the security to Iraqi forces.

Attacks

On 19 September 2010 two car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital almost simultaneously at around 10:10 am. The first (and most powerful) car bomb exploded in the residential Mansour district killing 10 people. The attack was in front of the local sales office of Asiacell (an Iraqi mobile phone company), although it is not clear if this was the specific target.

Minutes later, a second attack occurred, in the predominantly Shia neighborhood of Al Kadhimiyah. Apparently aimed at an office of the Iraqi Federal Police and the National Security Ministry in Adan Square, it killed approximately 21 people and injured 71. A witness described the attack; "It was a minibus – the driver stopped and told people nearby that he was going to go see a doctor, a few minutes later, it exploded."

Perpetrators and aftermath

On 24 September, Islamic state of Iraq organization claimed responsibility for the attack.

References

(19 September 2010). "31 dead after car blasts in Baghdad". Belfast Telegraph.
(19 September 2010). "Twin blasts in Baghdad kill 23". BBC News.
"AFP: Al Qaeda claims twin Baghdad car bombs".
(19 September 2010). "29 killed in twin Baghdad car bombs". The Times of India.
(19 September 2010). "Dozens dead after Baghdad Car bombs". The New York Times.
(19 September 2010). "Twin Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 31, wound dozens". Al Arabiya.
"29 people killed in Baghdad twin car bombings". Xinhua.

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