These attacks were unlike suicide bombings in that the bombs were dynamite and ball bearings strapped to two women. These human bombs were then detonated remotely using mobile phone . The identities of the women have not been released. Major-General Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for the Iraqi military in Baghdad said, "The operation was carried out by two booby-trapped mentally disabled women." He did not explain how the forensic evidence could have proven the mental disability of the women. "We found the mobiles used to detonate the women," he said. Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a spokesman for the multinational force in Baghdad, said, "By targeting innocent Iraqis, they show their true demonic character. They care nothing for the Iraqi people; they want to subjugate them and forcefully create a greater Islamic sharia state." "There is nothing they won't do if they think it will work in creating carnage and the political fallout that comes from that," the U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said. He blamed the attacks on Al-Qaeda in Iraq. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the bombings underlined "the absolute bankruptcy and brutality" of those who carried them out. "The Iraqi people have been right to turn against these terrible, violent people in their midst who will do anything." The attacks are the deadliest in Iraq since the al-Khilani Mosque bombing which killed 87 people on June 19, 2007.
These attacks were unlike in that the bombs were dynamite and s strapped to two women. These human bombs were then detonated remotely using . The identities of the women have not been released. Major-General Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for the in Baghdad said, "The operation was carried out by two booby-trapped mentally disabled women." He did not explain how the forensic evidence could have proven the of the women. "We found the mobiles used to detonate the women," he said. Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a spokesman for the in Baghdad, said, "By targeting innocent Iraqis, they show their true demonic character. They care nothing for the Iraqi people; they want to subjugate them and forcefully create a greater Islamic sharia state." "There is nothing they won't do if they think it will work in creating carnage and the political fallout that comes from that," the said. He blamed the attacks on Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Condoleezza Rice said the bombings underlined "the absolute bankruptcy and brutality" of those who carried them out. "The Iraqi people have been right to turn against these terrible, violent people in their midst who will do anything." The attacks are the deadliest in Iraq since the which killed 87 people on June 19, 2007.
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suicide bombings
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ball bearings
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mobile phone
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Iraqi military
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mental disability
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multinational force
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U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker
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U.S. Secretary of State
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al-Khilani Mosque bombing