2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings

The 2 November 2010 Baghdad attacks were a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq that killed more than 110 people.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings
LocationBaghdad
Date2 November 2010 (UTC+4)
Deaths113+[1][2]
Injured300
PerpetratorsIslamic State of Iraq

At least 17 explosions occurred in the attacks, 48 hours after the 2010 Baghdad church massacre[11] where 58 people were killed by a suicide bomber in a Baghdad church.[12] Al-Qaeda has been suggested to be behind the violence.[13] It is estimated that seventeen coordinated car bombs exploded. More than 250 people have been killed in Iraq in the last six days.

The political background is the race between Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, a Shia Islamist, and former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a secular Shia supported by Iraq's Sunnis. Iyad Allawi's political group won two more parliamentary seats than the Prime Minister's.

There were explosions near east Baghdad Sadr City, where 15 people died and 23 wounded. In west Baghdad 54 people died. There were twenty one blasts in all, eleven of them were car blasts.

In western Baghdad the casualties and injured people took to the Yarmuk Hospital. Al-Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate said on Friday it was behind car bombings against Shias in Baghdad this week that killed 64 people, saying they were revenge for "insults" and threatening more attacks. In a statement on the Al-Hanein jihadi website, the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) said Tuesday's attacks were to avenge "insults" against Aisha, the wife of Islam's Prophet Mohammed.[14]

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References
  1. At least 113 killed in series of Baghdad attacks Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, 2 November 2010.
  2. "Reports: Up to 110 killed, 280 wounded in attacks in Baghdad". USA Today. 2 November 2010.
  3. Blasts in Baghdad kill at least 63 CNN, 2 November 2010
  4. "Baghdad: Over 10 simultaneous blasts kill at least 76". The Jerusalem Post. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  5. "Factbox: Dozens killed as bombs shake Iraqi capital". Reuters. 2 November 2010.
  6. "More than 100 dead in Baghdad explosions". The Hindu. 2 November 2010.
  7. "Bombings, mortar strikes kill 76 across Baghdad". Associated Press via Yahoo. 2 November 2010.
  8. "Bombings, mortar strikes kill 76 across Baghdad". Associated Press. 3 November 2010.
  9. "57 killed, 248 wounded in Baghdad explosions". Xinhua. 3 November 2010.
  10. "Blasts kill at least 62 people across Baghdad". Shanghai Daily. 3 November 2010.
  11. "58 killed in botched bid to free Iraq church hostages". Deccan Chronicle.
  12. "Bombs go off across Baghdad; at least 76 die". NBC News. 2 November 2010.
  13. "Baghdad Blasts Kill Scores, Over 200 Hundred Wounded". HuffPost. 2 November 2010.
  14. https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jMKvHds37QaAUrpQBiF8LQZdbAYw?docId=CNG.ac8be947f825bdf62b039d0d552a4bc4.9f1

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