19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings

19 September Baghdad bombings
19 September Baghdad bombings
Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Date	19 September 2010 (UTC+4)
Attack type	coordinated bomb detonations, car bombs
Deaths	31+
Injured	100+
Perpetrators	Islamic State of Iraq

Last updated May 05, 2024

The 19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings were a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq that killed at least 31 people, in two neighbourhoods of the capital.^[1] Over a hundred more were wounded.^[2] On 24 September the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.^[3]

Background

Iraqis blamed the political deadlock in their country for the attacks as Iraqi authorities are struggling to form a unity government since March 2010 elections which rendered no single bloc to form a majority win and hence, depending upon each other, for forming a coalition government.^[2]^[4]

Further the attacks in recent days also coincided with the USA's decision to downsize its troops in Iraq and handing over the security to Iraqi forces.^[2]^[5]

Attacks

On 19 September 2010 two car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital almost simultaneously at around 10:10 am.^[5] The first (and most powerful) car bomb exploded in the residential Mansour district killing 10 people.^[4] The attack was in front of the local sales office of Asiacell (an Iraqi mobile phone company), although it is not clear if this was the specific target.^[5]^[6]

Minutes later, a second attack occurred, in the predominantly Shia neighborhood of Al Kadhimiyah.^[5] Apparently aimed at an office of the Iraqi Federal Police and the National Security Ministry in Adan Square, it killed approximately 21 people and injured 71.^[4]^[7] A witness described the attack; "It was a minibus – the driver stopped and told people nearby that he was going to go see a doctor, a few minutes later, it exploded."^[5]

Perpetrators and aftermath

On 24 September, Islamic state of Iraq organization claimed responsibility for the attack.^[8]

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