IRAQ: Twin bombs kill at least one person and wound 9 others in Baghdad's southern neighbourhood of Dora

Record ID: 357660

  • Title: IRAQ: Twin bombs kill at least one person and wound 9 others in Baghdad's southern neighbourhood of Dora
  • Date: 27th June 2013
  • Summary: BLOODSTAINED FLOOR
  • Embargoed: 12th July 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAECDN8L703C6MBPZ9SAEIHKF6K
  • Story Text: One civilian was killed and nine others were wounded when two bombs went off simultaneously in a southern neighbourhood of Baghdad late on Wednesday (June 27), police said.
    They said that the bomb exploded in Al-Mualmeen district of Baghdad's southern neighbourhood of Dora.
    "We pray to the Almighty God to help us get rid of the politicians, because politicians are like termites - if not treated it will eat out the people whether they are Sunnis or Shi'ites. All the politicians whether the Sunni politicians or the Shi'ites are a curse on this country," said local resident Abu Laith.
    The surge in violence began in April when Iraqi forces raided a Sunni protest camp in the northern town of Hawija, angering Sunnis and triggering clashes that spread across the country.
    Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in attacks in Iraq since April, raising the risk of a relapse into outright sectarian warfare of the kind that killed thousands of people in 2006-2007.
    The violence reflects worsening tensions between Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and the Sunni minority, resentful at their treatment since Saddam Hussein was overthrown by the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.
    Growing violence parallels deepening tensions between Iraq's majority Shi'ite leaders and Sunni minority, many of whom believe their sect has been unfairly treated since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
    Syria's war, where Sunni rebels are fighting against President Bashar al-Assad, has further strained relations between Iraq's Shi'ite and Sunnis. Iraqi fighters from both sects are crossing the border to fight on opposing sides of Syria's conflict.
    Thousands of Sunnis have protested weekly in the streets in western provinces since December, and the country's government split among Shi'ite, Sunni and ethnic Kurds is caught up in disputes over how to share power.
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