12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
- 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
Infobox terrorist attack
title=12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
caption=
location=Baghdad, Iraq
target=
date=February 12, 2007
time=
timezone=UTC+3
type=Car bombing
fatalities=Approx. 76
injuries=Approx. 150
perps=
motive=Two car bombs exploded in Baghdad, Iraq at 12:20 on February 12, 2007 in the Shorja market district, killing 76 people, and injuring 155-180. [cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2264670.ece|publisher=The Independent|title=Multiple bomb attack on Baghdad kills 76|first= Kim|last= Sengupta|date=13 February 2007|accessdate=2007-04-02] [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6353487.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=12 February 2007|title=Dozens killed in Baghdad bombings]
The explosions set market stalls, shops, and an adjoining 7-storey building on fire, causing further casualties, and local fire-crews struggled for hours to extinguish the flames. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Two Markets Bombed in Central Baghdad, Killing at Least 67 and Wounding 155"] , New York Times, 12 February 2007] The collapse of a building was also reported. The injured were taken to the nearby Al-Kindi hospital, which struggled to cope with the influx, and more casualties are expected from injuries. [ [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FA613C65-46E5-46C8-84D6-915729419E08.htm "Scores Killed in Baghdad Blast"] , Al Jazeera, 12 February 2007]
Al-Askari anniversary
The bombings happened during 15 minutes of state endorsed silence, to mark the anniversary [In the Islamic calendar, 11 days shorter than the Gregorian Calendar.] of the Al-Askari Mosque bombing in Samarra, which prompted heavy bloodshed. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was participating in a televised ceremony remembering the victims of the attack, and was speaking when the blasts occurred, only two miles away. [ [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2264670.ece " Multiple bomb attack on Baghdad kills 76"] , The Independent, 13 February 2007] Al-Maliki had been calling for calm, unity and reconciliation, [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2011838,00.html "Silent prayers. Then the inferno"] , The Guardian, 13 February 2007] and had said that Iraq's security forces were regaining control of Iraq's security situation.
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