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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Deadly Day in Baghdad
http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LJ637496.htm
From Reuters:
BAGHDAD, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A series of blasts in Baghdad killed 95 people and wounded 536 in Iraq’s bloodiest day this year, prompting a rare admission of culpability from Iraqi security forces left to cope without U.S. help.
At least six blasts struck near government ministries and other targets at the heart of Iraq’s Shi’ite-led administration, weeks after U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban centres in June, thrusting Iraq’s security forces into the lead role.
“This operation shows negligence, and is considered a security breach for which Iraqi forces must take most of the blame,” Major General Qassim al-Moussawi, Baghdad’s security spokesman, told Iraqiya state TV.
The government said this month that most of the city’s blast walls would be removed within 40 days, a sign of confidence in its security forces after U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban centres in June, and before elections due in January.
Wednesday’s blasts were a rare example of a coordinated attack on heavily guarded targets.
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