Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Double bombing in Baghdad kills six
Security
Six Iraqis were killed and 46 more wounded in a pair of bombings at a bus stop in Baghdad during at 7:40 am (0340 GMT). The attacks took place as commuters were waiting at a bus stop in the capital's largely Shia northeastern neighbourhood of Al-Qahera. A car bomb was first set off targeting civilians, followed by a roadside bomb 200 metres (yards) away from the first site, in a common insurgent tactic used to inflict maximum casualties.
COMMENT: The attack may have been of a sectarian nature carried out by Sunnis, however, it is more likely is was carried out by insurgents as the tactic has been used by them before, particularly targetting ambulances as they rush to the state of devastation. The insurgents achieve three aims by attacks like this: 1. Insecurity and instability. 2. Extremist Salafi Sunnis believe Shias are infidels and should die. 3. By only targetting a mainly Shia area they fuel the sectarian debate. COMMENT ENDS.
