Twin car bombs in Baghdad kill 17 people and wound at least 50

2012-07-31

A double car bomb attack near the Baghdad police major crimes headquarters killed and wounded several policemen along with their rescuers on Tuesday (July 31st).

"The first car bomb attack targeted the police headquarters in Karrada, killing six policemen and wounding 22," Baghdad Police official Lt. Colonel Khalid Abdul Khaliq said.

He added that the building was severely damaged by the attack.

"Five minutes later, another car bomb exploded while police and rescuers were evacuating the dead and wounded, killing 11 people, including 9 policemen, and wounding 30 others," Abdul Khaliq said.

Abdul Khaliq added that security forces killed a suicide bomber who tried to carry out a third attack by entering through the building’s back gate, which was destroyed following the attacks.

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شعبان موسى

2012-8-27

We witness the fall of numerous deaths and injuries that are caused by terrorism, which happens every day or even every hour in Iraq. Therefore, I cannot describe or express the extent of my anger toward these criminals and what they are committing on human beings just like them. What increases my anger is also the wrath of all the Arab world people which is the rape of girls and violation of the sanctities of the Arab world. Also, what increases my anger is the exposure of the Iraqi people recently to the operations and the terrorist attacks, whose purpose is the demolition of several houses and the death of several people. Their aim is to destroy and vandalize the country to a point where it is difficult to reconstruct after the war.