Qaeda-linked militants say behind Baghdad bombings

[demoleft]

Source: ap

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi insurgents linked with al Qaeda claimed responsibility for bombings that killed 112 people this week and said their campaign of violence would continue, according to an Islamist website.

"The young men of Islam ... set off to target the citadels of evil, the nests of infidelity and the centers of the rejectionist (Shi'ite) government," the Islamic State of Iraq said.

"We are determined to uproot this government and pull down its pillars and target its points of strength. The list of targets will not end until the banner of one God is once again raised over Baghdad...," the statement, dated December 9, said, using language often used by Sunni Muslim radicals.

The group said it had targeted the Labour and Finance Ministries and judicial buildings in its "third wave" of attacks. The authenticity of the claim could not be verified.


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[shadowknows69]

1. Of course they were.

[pampango]

2. Bombings: a) legitimate resistance to foreign occupation and support of current government,

b) radical Sunni rejection of Shiite government in Iraq, c) American-inspired campaign to justify continued occupation and/or keep Iraq's oil off the world market, d) OPEC (led by Sunni Saudi Arabia) effort to keep Iraq's oil off the world market and keep prices high, or e) Islamists who wish to strike the West and its perceived allies wherever it can?

I tend to go with a combination of b, d, and e. Many radical Sunnis have a hard time accepting a Shiite government in Iraq which used to be governed by Sunnis. OPEC knows that too much new Iraqi oil in the market will either reduced world prices or force everyone to cut production levels and profits. There are some Islamists that will strike at the West when they can.