New Twin Bombings in Baghdad

The second wave insurgency continues to build momentum. Permissive environments to lauch attacks have been carved out of Anbar province, home of the first wave. It appears the insurgents/terrorists (your choice) are leveraging the rural areas for urban attacks as illustrated by the twin bombings on 19 August and today.

Here are some of the latest headlines.

Suicide bombs tear through Baghdad, kill 132
Bloodiest day in Baghdad for months
Two suicide bombers in vehicles
Government blames al Qaeda or Baathists


Update///2 blasts near Iranian embassy
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Two blasts occurred on Sunday morning near the Iranian embassy headquarters in central Baghdad, a source from the nearby U.S. embassy said.


2nd update///Baghdad blasts leave 15 killed, 32 wounded
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Fifteen people were killed and 32 others wounded when two car bombs driven by suicide attackers went off near the Iranian embassy headquarters in central Baghdad on Sunday, a security source said.


3rd update///Casualties from Baghdad’s deadly blasts up to 65
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The death toll from Sunday’s earlier car bomb blasts near the Iranian embassy in Baghdad rose to 25 and the wounded to 40, a security source said.


4th Update///Baghdad blast casualties jump to 242
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The death toll from Sunday’s earlier car bomb blasts near the government buildings in Baghdad rose to 62 and the wounded to 180, a security source said.


5th Update///Baghdad’s deadly blasts leave 535 casualties
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The death toll from the two car bomb blasts near the government buildings in Baghdad rose to 75 and the wounded to 460, a police source said.


6th Update///Baghdad’s suicide explosions kill 132, injure 500
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Casualties from the two suicide explosions that targeted the government’s buildings in Baghdad rose again to 132 dead and 500 wounded, according to a police source.


At least 62 killed, 180 injured in Baghdad twin bombings
BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least 62 people were killed and some 180 others injured in twin truck bombings near government buildings in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, an Interior Ministry source said.


Death toll rises to 132 in Baghdad twin bombings
BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from two truck bomb explosions in central Baghdad on Sunday rose to 132 with 512 people injured, an Interior Ministry source said.