Baghdad Area Rocked By Second Large Suicide Attack In Three Days

Iraqi policemen look at veiled women passing in front of the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine, the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad after a female suicide bomber infiltrated a crowd of Shiite pilgrims, killing at least 35 people. Reuters

From The Long War Journal:

The Baghdad region has been hit with two major suicide attacks in the past three days. The attacks come as the US is transferring military control of regions in Iraq and its forces are beginning to move from the major cities.

Today's suicide attack took place at a checkpoint outside of a Shia shrine in the northern Baghdad district of Kadhimiyah. A suicide bomber detonated his vest in the midst of a crowd waiting to enter the Imam Musa al Kadhim shrine during the Shia religious festival of Ashuraa. The bomber was initially reported as being a female but the Iraqi military changed the assessment.

The suicide attack killed 35 civilians and wounded 79 more, according to a spokesman at the Baghdad Operation Command. "Most of the casualties are Iranians," Voices of Iraq reported.

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My Comment: A reminder that while much of the war in Iraq has winded down .... hatred and the urge for revenge is still prevalent in many quarters.