19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings

19 September Baghdad bombings
Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
LocationBaghdad, Iraq
Date19 September 2010 (UTC+4)
Attack type
coordinated bomb detonations, car bombs
Deaths31+
Injured100+
PerpetratorsIslamic State of Iraq

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.[1] Over a hundred more were wounded.[2] On 24 September the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.[3]

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.[2][4]

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.[2][5]

Attacks

On 19 September 2010 two car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital almost simultaneously at around 10:10 am.[5] The first (and most powerful) car bomb exploded in the residential Mansour district killing 10 people.[4] 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.[5][6]

Minutes later, a second attack occurred, in the predominantly Shia neighborhood of Al Kadhimiyah.[5] 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.[4][7] 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."[5]

Perpetrators and aftermath

On 24 September, Islamic state of Iraq organization claimed responsibility for the attack.[8]

References

  1. ^ "31 dead after car blasts in Baghdad". Belfast Telegraph. 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Twin blasts in Baghdad kill 23". BBC News. 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. ^ "AFP: Al Qaeda claims twin Baghdad car bombs". Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Twin Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 31, wound dozens". Al Arabiya. 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e "29 killed in twin Baghdad car bombs". The Times of India. 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Dozens dead after Baghdad Car bombs". The New York Times. 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  7. ^ "29 people killed in Baghdad twin car bombings". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  8. ^ https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9IEFOTO0[dead link]

See also

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2003
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2004
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1st Basra
1st Mosul
4th Baghdad
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Karbala & Najaf
1st Baqubah
Kufa
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2005
Suwaira bombing
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2nd Erbil
Musayyib
6th Baghdad
7th Baghdad
1st Balad
Khanaqin
2006
Karbala-Ramadi
1st Samarra
8th Baghdad
9th Baghdad
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2007
11th Baghdad
12th Baghdad
13th Baghdad
14th Baghdad
15th Baghdad
2nd Al Hillah
1st Tal Afar
16th Baghdad
17th Baghdad
2nd & 3rd Karbala
2nd Mosul
18th Baghdad
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Abu Sayda
2nd Samarra
19th Baghdad
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1st Kirkuk
20th Baghdad
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Amarah
2008
22nd Baghdad
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23rd Baghdad
4th Karbala
24th Baghdad
Karmah
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2009
25th Baghdad
26th Baghdad
Baghdad-Muqdadiyah
Taza
27th Baghdad
2nd Kirkuk
2nd Tal Afar
28th Baghdad
29th Baghdad
30th Baghdad
2010
31st Baghdad
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33rd Baghdad
34th Baghdad
35th Baghdad
1st Pan-Iraq
36th Baghdad
37th Baghdad
2nd Pan-Iraq
38th Baghdad
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2011
41st Baghdad
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42nd Baghdad
Tikrit
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Al Diwaniyah
Taji
4th Pan-Iraq
43rd Baghdad
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