A wave of 16 coordinated bombings ripped across Baghdad today killing an estimated 70 people, USA Today reports. The blast targeted mostly Shia neighbourhoods, though provisional reports suggest some Sunni districts were also hit.
While there has been no official claim of responsibility, the bombings bear tactical semblance to those popularized by Qaeda-linked Sunni militants. In total, 11 neighbourhoods were hit, most by car bombs and roadside detonations, with at least one suicide attack reported.
While analysts debate whether or not the planning for this highly-coordinated assault was intended to coincide, primarily, with American’s troop withdraw, the violence comes as Iraq’s notoriously fragmented national parliament faces a renewed political stalemate.
To read more analysis on the escalating sectarian divide threatening post-US Iraq, read my article at the Atlantic Sentinel.
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