At Least 30 Martyred in Series of Baghdad Bombings

Local Editor

Coordinated car bombs ripped through in Baghdad area during rush hour on Wednesday, martyring at least 30 people, the latest in spiraling violence in recent months.

The blasts came despite widely publicized operations carried out by security forces targeting militants in the capital and to the north and west.
At least 11 explosions -- most of them car bombs -- went off across the city in the neighborhoods of the capital, as well as a mixed sectarian town just to the south of Baghdad, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens of others, security and medical officials said.

The deadliest attack struck in the Jisr al-Diyala neighborhood of southeast Baghdad, with at least seven people martyred and 21 others wounded, police and a hospital source said.
But blasts also went off in other major Shiite neighborhoods including Kadhimiyah and Sadr City.

The officials gave varying tolls, which is common in the chaotic aftermath of bombings in Baghdad, and the number of casualties appeared to be increasingly rapidly.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but al-Qaeda frequently carry out such coordinated attacks targeting Shiite Muslims, whom they regard as apostates.
Wednesday's attacks were the latest wave of coordinated bombings to hit Baghdad this month.

On August 6, at least eight car bombs and several roadside bombs killed 31 people, while 47 people died in a spate of explosions and gun attacks in the capital on August 10.
In addition to major security problems, the government has also failed to provide adequate basic services such as electricity and clean water, and corruption is widespread.

And political squabbling has paralyzed the government, which has passed almost no major legislation in years.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team