Al-Qaida claims responsibility for attacks

The statement said the attacks targeted security headquarters and military patrols, including a suicide car bombing outside the governorate of the criminal investigation near the building of the Iraqi Integrity Commission in Baghdad’s central district of Karradah.

The statement threatened that Thursday was only one of these days that the Shiite government will witness soon.
The authenticity of the statement could not be verified immediately.

On Thursday a slew of deadly bomb attacks ripped across Baghdad in the morning and killed a total of 63 people and wounding 185, few days after the withdrawal of US forces from the country.
The deadliest attack occurred in Karradah district in central Baghdad, when a powerful blast went off outside the building of the Integrity Commission, killing 23 people and wounding 46 others.

The attacks came amid growing struggle between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s leading Shiite bloc and his political rivals, as the US troops concluded their withdrawal plan a few days ago, leaving less than 200 personnel in the country on training mission. — Xinhua.

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