Baghdad: Iraq is mourning on Tuesday for at least 36 people killed when a bomb tore the Baghdad market that is busy with what is claimed by the jihadists of Islamic countries is claimed to be a suicide attack.
The Bloody Carnage Monday night, one of the deadliest attacks over the years in the Country of Wars, mostly killed women and children on Eid al-Adha night, Muslim sacrifice festivals.
It triggered the new disgust and concern about his reach, which lost his last region in Iraq after a tiring campaign which ended at the end of 2017, but still had sleep cells in desert areas and remote mountains.
Sunni Muslim extremists claimed to Messenger’s telegram service that a bomber bomb had detonated the belt of the explosives in the crowded Wohelat market in the Shirr Baghdad district in Sadr.
In the panic and chaos of attacks, terror screams and sadness filled the air.
When smoke is cleaned, humans continue to lie in the middle of scattered sandals, market production and fragrant debris.
Iraqi President Barham Salih condemned “cruel cruel crime that had been unprecedented on Eid al-Fitr,” wrote on Twitter that the perpetrators “did not allow people to rejoice, even for a moment”.
The UN mission in Iraq said the attack showed that “the specter of terrorism did not recognize the limit”, while the German Embassy revealed “sadness after an unreasonable and brutal attack”.
There were no official deaths that had not been released by Iraqi authorities, but medical sources told AFP that at least 36 people were killed and around 60 others were injured.
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi said “coward attack described a terrorist failure to get a foothold after being defeated by our heroic security forces” and swore that “terrorism would not be punished”.
The attack came a few days before Kadhemi met US President Joe Biden in Washington, and ahead of the parliamentary election scheduled for October.
“This is a clear message that still exists and is able to attack the target in Baghdad,” Osama Al-Saidi, Head of Iraqi Political Science Association.
“Every time an election approach, terror attacks occur with the aim of sending political messages that those who regulate it are weak.” The deadly attack often occurred in Baghdad during sectarian bloodshed which followed the US-led invasion in 2003, and then swept in most Iraq.
Iraq was declared defeated by the end of 2017 after a vicious three-year campaign and attack became relatively rare in the capital, until January this year when a twin suicide bomb was claimed to have killed 32 people in the Baghdad market.
The US-led coalition that supported the opposing Iraqi campaign has significantly attracted its troops for the past year, quoting the increasing ability of Iraqi forces.
The United States, which provides most of the strength, has 2,500 troops remaining in Iraq, down from 5,200 a year ago.
They carried out air strikes, drone supervision and Iraqi troops training.
US troops have been under repeated attacks from the Shia paramilitary group, integrated into Iraqi security forces who support Iran’s neighbors, the arch enemy of the United States.
The latest attack triggered condolences from abroad, and interpretations among Iraqi political leaders.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “The dozens of civilian citizens were shocking in his cruelty and cynics” and urged that the perpetrators “received a punishment they deserved”.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry also condemned the “savage action”.
At home, parliamentary speakers Mohamed Halbanusi calls for “changes in leadership among senior senior security officials who have proven their tip”.
Create Parliament Adnan Al-Zurfi accused the commander of counter-terrorism units Falcon has changed from “intelligence collection to politics”.
Iraqi Jassem Al-Moussaoui analyst said the attack highlighted “the weakness of security forces that had not been formed professionally but according to their political loyalty”.
Meanwhile many Iraqi residents used to share sadness, fatigue and helplessness in a country that had experienced war and rebellion for decades and rebellion, and the ongoing economic and political crisis.
In a joint social media post which was widely distributed, Comedian Ahmed Al-Basheer remembered that only a few days ago, at least 60 people died when the fire ripped through the Covid-19 hospital unit in the southern city of Nasiriyah.
“Every day there is a new disaster,” he wrote.
“We are bored with everything.”