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Iraq: Twin Car Bomb Attacks in Baghdad |
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Background -
Baghdad, October 25th, 2009 “Car
bombs exploded in Baghdad this morning next to two key government buildings,
killing at least 147 people and wounding more than 700. The explosions
occurred as political leaders were preparing to meet to try to resolve a
fierce dispute that could delay national elections, ranked as pivotal to
Iraq's long-term stability. The car bombs, at least one of them a suicide
bombing, according to police, blew up by the justice ministry and a Baghdad
provincial office, sites separated by one broad city block. The attacks […]
hit the nerve center of Baghdad's national and local governments […].” Excerpt
of an article
from the L.A. Times from October 25th, 2009. |
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The Aftermath of the Bombings |
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Video & Photo Credits The Video The video is a news report from Al Jazeera, which contains cell phone footage
from an anonymous Iraqi source. The video was aired and published over the
Internet on October 25th, 2009. Background 1) Smoke billows from an explosion near the Justice
Ministry in central Baghdad. - October 25th, 2009 - Sabah Arar/Agence
France Presse/Getty Images; The Aftermath of
the Bombings 1) An
Iraqi woman reacts as she walks past the Ministry of Works and
Municipalities, damaged by a suicide bombing in Baghdad. - October 26th, 2009 - Saad Shalash/Reuters; 2) An
Iraqi weeps as he walks away from the site of a suicide bombing in Baghdad.
Baghdad’s governor has blamed negligence or even collusion by the security
forces for devastating twin suicide bombings that killed around 100 people in
the heart of the capital. - October 25th, 2009 - Ahmad al-Rubaye/Agence
France Presse; 3) A man walks past the crater caused by a massive
bomb attack in front of the building of the Ministry of Justice in Baghdad,
Iraq. A pair of suicide car bombings Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq’s
capital in the country's deadliest attack in more than two years. - October 26th,
2009 - Hadi Mizban/Associated Press; |
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