Ξανάρχισαν οι πό-λε-μοι, σήκω απ' τη θέ-ση-σου!

[Juno]

Twin Suicide Bombings In Baghdad Market Kill At Least 32, Wound Over 100

Twin Suicide Bombings In Baghdad Market Kill At Least 32, Wound Over 100
January 21, 20215:15 AM ET

People and security forces gather at the site of a deadly bomb attack Thursday
in a Baghdad market. The rare suicide bombings killed and wounded dozens of civilians.

Twin suicide bombings at a Baghdad market killed at least 32 people and injured 110 others on Thursday, according to Iraq's health ministry. Of the injured, 36 are being treated in hospitals.

Two suicide bombers detonated their vests when security forces pursued them through a busy market off of Tayaran Square. Witnesses say the first cried out he was ill, causing a crowd to form around him in a street off the main square. He then detonated the bomb he wore.

The first attack occurred around 10 a.m. local time, a fruit vendor Abbas Abdulkareem told NPR.

People fled toward Tayaran square, Abdulkareem said. Police and an ambulance arrived. Then, the second bomber detonated next to the ambulance, as people gathered near the dead and wounded from the first blast.

This explosion killed dozens of people, including poor vendors, who sold things like old bluejeans, tea and cellphone accessories.

People gathered Thursday evening at the site of the bombing, murmuring prayers and forming a makeshift vigil. The glow of candles illuminated piles of second-hand clothes in market stalls, some bloodied from the attack.

"We were shocked," said Abdulkareem, "because for some time there have been no explosions. The situation was safe and people were optimistic."

There was no immediate claim for the bombings.

This type of attack, once horribly common in the Iraqi capital, has become rare since the Islamic State group was largely defeated in the country in 2017. The last took place in January 2018, according to the AP.

Across Baghdad, blast walls and checkpoints had been removed.

Maj. Gen. Tahsin al-Khafaji, a Joint Operations Command spokesman, said it was a "terrorist act perpetrated by a sleeper cell of the Islamic State," according to the AP.

"This attack is a reprehensible act of cowardice that underscores the dangers of terrorism that millions of Iraqis continue to face," the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad wrote in a statement. "We extend our condolences to the families of these victims, and hope for the swift recovery for those who were injured."

Although ISIS has been greatly weakened, with the help of Iraq's international allies, militant groups still conduct operations. Earlier this week, the electricity ministry reported coordinated attacks on power lines, power stations and other infrastructure, causing millions of dollars' worth of damage to the already-shaky electricity sector.

Renad Mansour, an analyst with British think tank Chatham House, told NPR although ISIS may have been defeated on the battlefield, it doesn't rule out a renewed insurgency.

Mansour said the roots of ISIS lie in the fact that a large part of the population feels disenfranchised.

The terror group is Sunni Muslim, and has long drawn support from some of Iraq's Sunni minority who feel deeply discriminated against by a Shiite-led government.

Without a political settlement and an effort at inclusion, the conflict could continue to be cyclical, Mansour says.

The Trump administration reduced troop numbers in Iraq, but about 2,500 U.S. soldiers remain in the country. Defense Secretary nominee Lloyd Austin said in his confirmation hearing that he remains concerned about the threat ISIS poses inside Iraq and beyond.

"I support maintaining a small number of U.S. troops to carry out a limited mission focused on advising and assisting Iraqi counterterrorism forces to deal with the continuing threat from ISIS," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee in written testimony.

Iraq analyst and Baghdad resident Hamzeh Hadad said the attack was shocking because the overall security situation in the Iraqi capital has improved dramatically in recent years. Fewer checkpoints and blast walls mean "you're slowly seeing the beauty of the city come back to life," he said. "Things are busier again, markets are bustling."

Hadad moved from Canada back to Iraq in 2019, partly because the danger of such attacks appeared to have been reduced.

"So to have something like this reoccur — that hasn't happened in a few years — is really shocking and worrying for everyday Iraqis," he said.

NPR’s Reese Oxner contributed to this report.

[Juno]

Η βομβιστική επίθεση μπορεί να είναι η πρώτη πρόκληση της προεδρίας του Sleepy Joe!
Μία μέρα!
Τόσο άντεξαν να κρατήσουν τα προσχήματα!


Baghdad bombing could be the Biden administration's first challenge

Baghdad bombing could be the Biden administration's first challenge
The bombing was only four kilometers from the US embassy compound and occurred in an area where there have been protests over the last year and a half.

The site of a twin suicide bombing attack in a central market is seen in Baghdad (photo credit: REUTERS)

A twin suicide bombing in Baghdad’s Tayaran square, packed with people shopping, left two dozen dead on Thursday afternoon, in the most deadly attack in more than 18 months, local reports said, recalling past years when suicide bombings like this were routine in Iraq. Islamic State perpetrated many attacks and while it is not known if this was an ISIS attack, it has its hallmarks.

The bombing, four kilometers from the US embassy compound, occurred in an area which has witnessed several mass protests over the last year and a half. In the fall of 2019 protesters often besieged security forces on Al Jumhuriya bridge, not far from the market where the bombings took place.

Online video appeared to capture the second of the two reported explosions in which up to 100 were reported wounded, near the “Bab al-Sharqi” area of central Baghdad.

There have been increasing threats and low-level attacks on convoys that supply the US in Iraq. Last year dozens of attacks with 107mm rockets were fired at the US embassy compound and at US forces in Iraq. The US has drawn down most of its troops, leaving only several thousand personnel, many of whom have been relocated to the autonomous Kurdistan region which is more sympathetic to the US.

In other areas of Iraq the pro-Iranian militias of the Popular Mobilization Units run checkpoints and have threatened the US. These groups include the Badr Organization, Kataib Hezbollah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba. The day before the attack in Baghdad there were reports of an attack on a convoy carrying equipment to the US-led anti-ISIS Coalition.

The attacks carried out by pro-Iranian groups are often precise and use 107mm rockets. ISIS-style attacks use suicide bombers to kill civilians. Pro-Iranian groups are often more tactical and strategic in their killing, targeting foreigners or journalists or translators, but not randomly blowing up shoppers.

A source told Al-Ain Al-Akhbariya that “a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at Tayaran Square in the Bab Al-Sharqi area, followed by the detonation of another suicide bomber meters away from the place of the first explosion.” It appears the use of two bombers was to draw in people after the first explosion and then target the onlookers. This is also a typical tactic of ISIS-style attacks.

The suicide bombing occurred in the same place, which is often crowded with pedestrians in Tayaran Square, killing 31 people 3 years ago, Al-Ain said. The attack could present the Biden administration with one of its first foreign crises. The US left Iraq in 2011 but then returned in 2014 at the invitation of the Iraqi government to help lead a coalition against ISIS. The US has trained and mentored around 250,000 Iraqi troops with the support of dozens of members of the coalition. These include European countries. The US is also supporting training and equipping of the Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq. When US-Iran tensions rose in 2019 and early 2020, and the US killed Iranian IRGC head Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, many foreign advisers left. The Covid-19 virus has also reduced training.

The bombing provides US President Joe Biden with an early opportunity to show US support for Iraq. Biden has said that the US is “back” and the world can expect the US to care again about foreign policy and work multilaterally to solve problems. Iraq is a very complex problem. The pro-Iranian groups want the US to leave. Groups like Ashab Kahf and others linked to Iran are threatening people who work as interpreters, for instance, according to a tweet by the BBC’s Nafiseh Kohnavard.

Iraqi President Barham Salih said that “two terrorist explosions against the safe citizens of Baghdad, at this time, confirms the endeavor of dark groups to target the great national needs.” He said that the people of Iraq aspire to a peaceful future, we stand firmly against these rogue attempts to destabilize our country. We ask God to provide mercy to the victims and to heal the wounded.”

At the same time the US-led coalition continues to highlight successes in Iraq. It says that over the past year, 360,696 square meters of land have been cleared of mines and explosives. “Some 7,300 explosives parts and devices, and 1,172 mines have been extracted by our agency,” said Jabar Mustafa, head of the Kurdistan Region’s Mine Action Agency (IKMAA). The old Erbil-Kirkuk road, connecting the town of Qushtapa with two nearby refugee camps, was re-opened on January 8.

Coalition Spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto said that it sends “our condolences to those affected by the attack in Baghdad today. This is yet another instance of terrorists killing fellow Iraqis & harms those who seek peace.” The recently appointed Middle East coordinator for policy under Biden, Brett McGurk, was a former envoy for the US-led Coalition against ISIS. An expert on Iraq, he will take a keen interest in addressing the issues in the wake of the bombing.

There are other tensions as well. On January 18 pro-Iranian groups claimed a mysterious airstrike targeted their weapons warehouse at Jurf al-Sakhar, 40 miles outside of Baghdad. In fact it appears that the incident was also an ISIS attack.

[Dwarven Blacksmith]

Μάλλον ξανάρχισαν τα τραμπικά μέσα να καλύπτουν την τρομοκρατία στο Ιρακ είναι το κρυφό νόημα του τίτλου.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2020

[Juno]

Μάλλον ξανάρχισαν τα τραμπικά μέσα να καλύπτουν την τρομοκρατία στο Ιρακ είναι το κρυφό νόημα του τίτλου.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2020

Θα δείξει! Εδώ θα ΄μαστε!
Τα λεφτά που υπόσχονται για τόνωση της οικονομίας (υπολόγισε και την ύφεση που θα κληθούν να αντιμετωπίσουν), βρίσκονται ή από μαγικά λεφτόδεντρα ή από αποστράγγιση πόρων άλλων χωρών. Πού έχει μαγικά λεφτόδεντρα;
Ύφεση και λόγω επιδημίας και λόγω νομιμοποιήσεων εκατομμυρίων λαθρομεταναστών όπως υποσχέθηκαν.

[Υδράργυρος]

Παραδοσιακα το ενδιαφερον των δημοκρατικων ειναι στη ρωσια. Οι ρεπουμπλικανοι κανουν παιχνιδι στη μεση ανατολη

[Juno]

Παραδοσιακα το ενδιαφερον των δημοκρατικων ειναι στη ρωσια. Οι ρεπουμπλικανοι κανουν παιχνιδι στη μεση ανατολη

Ρεπουμπλικανός ο Ομπάμα! Μάλιστα!

[nick]

Παραδοσιακα το ενδιαφερον των δημοκρατικων ειναι στη ρωσια. Οι ρεπουμπλικανοι κανουν παιχνιδι στη μεση ανατολη

Ρεπουμπλικανός ο Ομπάμα! Μάλιστα!

Ο Trump βομβάρδισε πολλές φορές Ιράκ, Αφγανιστάν, Συρια και Σομαλια, βάλε και Σολεμανι.

[Juno]

Παραδοσιακα το ενδιαφερον των δημοκρατικων ειναι στη ρωσια. Οι ρεπουμπλικανοι κανουν παιχνιδι στη μεση ανατολη

Ρεπουμπλικανός ο Ομπάμα! Μάλιστα!

Ο Trump βομβάρδισε πολλές φορές Ιράκ, Αφγανιστάν, Συρια και Σομαλια, βάλε και Σολεμανι.

Ναι και ισοπέδωσε τον πλανήτη Άρη.

[Ζενίθεδρος]

Μάλλον ξανάρχισαν τα τραμπικά μέσα να καλύπτουν την τρομοκρατία στο Ιρακ είναι το κρυφό νόημα του τίτλου.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2020

Θα δείξει! Εδώ θα ΄μαστε!
Τα λεφτά που υπόσχονται για τόνωση της οικονομίας (υπολόγισε και την ύφεση που θα κληθούν να αντιμετωπίσουν), βρίσκονται ή από μαγικά λεφτόδεντρα ή από αποστράγγιση πόρων άλλων χωρών. Πού έχει μαγικά λεφτόδεντρα;
Ύφεση και λόγω επιδημίας και λόγω νομιμοποιήσεων εκατομμυρίων λαθρομεταναστών όπως υποσχέθηκαν.

Οι Αμερικανοί εχουν πραγματι μαγικά λεφτοδεντρα. Τυπώνει η πρεσα οσα θέλουν. Οποιος αμφισβητεί την αξία τους, εκείνος είναι που τρώει βόμβες στο κεφάλι.

[nick]

Ρεπουμπλικανός ο Ομπάμα! Μάλιστα!

Ο Trump βομβάρδισε πολλές φορές Ιράκ, Αφγανιστάν, Συρια και Σομαλια, βάλε και Σολεμανι.

Ναι και ισοπέδωσε τον πλανήτη Άρη.

Επίσης ήταν μόνο 4 χρόνια, οι υπόλοιποι (εκτός πατέρα Μπους) είχαν 2 τετραετίες.

[Γκουερινο]

[quote="Dwarven Blacksmith" post_id=1734822 time=1611266007 user_id=108]
Μάλλον ξανάρχισαν τα τραμπικά μέσα να καλύπτουν την τρομοκρατία στο Ιρακ είναι το κρυφό νόημα του τίτλου.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist ... aq_in_2020
[/quote]

Τραμπικα μεσα
Καινουριο ανεκδοτο ειναι;
Φαση αλβανος τουριστας ;

[Δημοκρατικός]

Παραδοσιακα το ενδιαφερον των δημοκρατικων ειναι στη ρωσια. Οι ρεπουμπλικανοι κανουν παιχνιδι στη μεση ανατολη

Ρεπουμπλικανός ο Ομπάμα! Μάλιστα!

Ο Trump βομβάρδισε πολλές φορές Ιράκ, Αφγανιστάν, Συρια και Σομαλια, βάλε και Σολεμανι.

Να μην στριμώχνονται παρακαλώ, όλοι θα φάνε τις βόμβες της Δημοκρατίας.

[talaipwros]

Τρέμουν τα σινιρωσομποτακια τώρα που έφυγε ο υπάλληλος

[Στρακαστρουκας]

Να μην στριμώχνονται παρακαλώ, όλοι θα φάνε τις βόμβες της Δημοκρατίας.

Ελπιζουμε να φας μια και συ να ησυχασουμε. Μην ανυσηχεις. Στο ονομα της δημοκρατιας θα ειναι

[Υδράργυρος]

Παραδοσιακα το ενδιαφερον των δημοκρατικων ειναι στη ρωσια. Οι ρεπουμπλικανοι κανουν παιχνιδι στη μεση ανατολη

Ρεπουμπλικανός ο Ομπάμα! Μάλιστα!

Ο ομπαμα εκμεταλλευτηκε την αραβικη ανοιξη, αλλα το μεγαλυτερο που εκανε ηταν η επεμβαση στην ουκρανια. Δες τη λιστα σου. Οι ρεπουμπκικανοι δεν πειραζουν τη ρωσια