Al-Qaida claim responsibility for Baghdad blasts
Al-Qaida’s umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility today for the co-ordinated Baghdad bombings that killed 127 people and wounded more than 500.
The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted on the internet that the strikes in the Iraqi capital targeted the “bastions of evil and dens of apostates”.
It also warned the group was “determined to uproot the pillars of this government” in Iraq and said “the list of targets has no end”.
The blasts on Tuesday were the third major strike on government sites in Baghdad since August. The same group has claimed responsibility for the two previous massive bombings.
The authenticity of the statement could not be independently confirmed.
