| co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 63 people and injured around 185, say officials. blasts hit various locations, including al-Amil in the south and Halawi and Karrada closer to the centre. The bombings are the worst in months - and follow the withdrawal of US troops This is a whole rash of co-ordinated bomb attacks of the sort that we saw during the worst of the insurgency. One would assume that Sunni-based insurgents are behind it. The problem is the current extremely heated political climate. The vice president - Iraq's senior Sunni politician - is hiding out in Iraqi Kurdistan with a warrant on his head on charges of involvement in terrorism. A lot of Shias, including the prime minister, will no doubt conclude that this is his revenge - that he or people close to him will have unleashed this as revenge against the Shias and it Looks like a planning capability only available to al-Qaeda in Iraq, which is a mainly Sunni insurgent group. Four car-bombs and 10 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were detonated, |
