The bombings, apparently intended to inflame sectarian tensions, coincided with the end of an important Shiite religious occasion. They came just two days after Iraq said it would lift all blast walls from Baghdad’s main roads — and the head of Baghdad’s operations command, Maj. Gen. Abud Qanbar, declared that “security is not an issue anymore” — and one week after five Shiite mosques in Baghdad 
were bombed in coordinated attacks, killing at least 29. The deadliest bombing on Friday took place at a Shiite Turkmen mosque on the northern fringes of the seething city of Mosul. A Kia truck packed with explosives was detonated while the mosque and an adjacent hall used for funeral services were filled with people, killing at least 37 people and wounding 276, the governor, Atheel al-Nujaifi, told reporters. Mr. Nujaifi and his brother Osama, a member of Parliament, blamed the negligence of Iraqi security forces for the attack and called on the central government to declare the area a disaster zone. Other officials and some witnesses said the truck was driven by a suicide bomber. Raad al-Zubaie, a volunteer with the Iraqi Red Crescent who helped rescue the victims at the scene, said at least 10 houses were leveled in the bombing, which happened in the village of Shirakhan, four miles north of Mosul. It was the second devastating attack to strike near Shiite Turkmen mosques in recent months. In June, a truck bomb exploded as worshipers left Friday Prayer in the contested city of Kirkuk, killing 80 people and wounding 300.
For further details visit as : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html?hp
were bombed in coordinated attacks, killing at least 29. The deadliest bombing on Friday took place at a Shiite Turkmen mosque on the northern fringes of the seething city of Mosul. A Kia truck packed with explosives was detonated while the mosque and an adjacent hall used for funeral services were filled with people, killing at least 37 people and wounding 276, the governor, Atheel al-Nujaifi, told reporters. Mr. Nujaifi and his brother Osama, a member of Parliament, blamed the negligence of Iraqi security forces for the attack and called on the central government to declare the area a disaster zone. Other officials and some witnesses said the truck was driven by a suicide bomber. Raad al-Zubaie, a volunteer with the Iraqi Red Crescent who helped rescue the victims at the scene, said at least 10 houses were leveled in the bombing, which happened in the village of Shirakhan, four miles north of Mosul. It was the second devastating attack to strike near Shiite Turkmen mosques in recent months. In June, a truck bomb exploded as worshipers left Friday Prayer in the contested city of Kirkuk, killing 80 people and wounding 300.For further details visit as : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html?hp
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