The violence continues in Iraq recently as many car bombs have been reported to have killed 21 people and injured many more. These bombs have been reported to have been targeted at Shia areas of the city and no one group has come forward for the attacks. Because of this, Sunni links to Al-Queda have been blamed for these. This occurred Sunday on the suburbs of al-Amin, al-Husseiniya, and Kamaliya with a total of nine car bombs. The car bombs erupted near outdoor markets sending many to a nearby hospital. One main question people are concerned with is how these people and attacks are able to get past security. One man who talked to reporters said it took him two hours to get into the city so how could a bomb get past this? Along with the nine bombs reported to have went off, Baghdad security says it had diffused six more bombs.
One possible explanation for these attacks are the upcoming elections in March. This has been raising tensions recently and attacks have also been made against officials such as Ali Aouni, the head of Iraq's Intelligence Academy, and Gen Aouni, the second most prominent Iraq figure to be murdered this year. Sunnis have also been rioting and protesting accusing the Shia government's Nouri Maliki, Prime Minister, of monopolizing power. This tension between Sunni and Shia continues to lead to violence and is causing much harm to their country.
Here is the link to the article on BBC News:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21489777
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