19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings

{{Infobox terrorist attack

| title = 19 September Baghdad bombings

| partof = Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)

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| target =

| location = Baghdad, Iraq

| date = 19 September 2010

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| timezone = UTC+4

| type = coordinated bomb detonations, car bombs

| fatalities = 31+

| injuries = 100+

| perps = Islamic State of Iraq

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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.{{cite news |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/21-dead-after-car-blasts-in-baghdad-14952928.html |title=31 dead after car blasts in Baghdad |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=19 September 2010 |access-date=25 September 2010 |archive-date=16 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016065753/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/21-dead-after-car-blasts-in-baghdad-14952928.html |url-status=live }} Over a hundred more were wounded.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11361355 |title=Twin blasts in Baghdad kill 23 |work=BBC News|date=19 September 2010 |access-date=20 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100920050527/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11361355| archive-date= 20 September 2010 | url-status= live}} On 24 September the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5itEQp3pTWeaepNIHFnZYu3DQFmgA |title=AFP: Al Qaeda claims twin Baghdad car bombs |access-date=10 November 2016 |archive-date=30 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930170437/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5itEQp3pTWeaepNIHFnZYu3DQFmgA |url-status=dead }}

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.{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/29-killed-in-twin-Baghdad-car-bombs/articleshow/6585242.cms |title=29 killed in twin Baghdad car bombs |work=The Times of India |date=19 September 2010 |access-date=20 September 2010 |archive-date=23 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923071419/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/29-killed-in-twin-Baghdad-car-bombs/articleshow/6585242.cms |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/middleeast/20baghdad.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast |title=Dozens dead after Baghdad Car bombs |work=The New York Times |date=19 September 2010 |access-date=20 September 2010 |archive-date=4 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404002000/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/middleeast/20baghdad.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite news |url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/09/19/119722.html |title=Twin Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 31, wound dozens |publisher=Al Arabiya |date=19 September 2010 |access-date=20 September 2010 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321181347/http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/09/19/119722.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/19/c_13519948.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106230224/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/19/c_13519948.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|title=29 people killed in Baghdad twin car bombings|publisher=Xinhua| access-date=19 September 2010 }} 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.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings

Background

Attacks

Perpetrators and aftermath

References

See also