{"id":9828,"date":"2016-07-06T11:29:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T11:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9828"},"modified":"2016-07-06T11:29:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T11:29:32","slug":"baghdad-suicide-attack-it-was-a-massacre-250-dead-and-still-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9828","title":{"rendered":"Baghdad suicide attack: It was a massacre, 250 dead and still rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Iraq&#8217;s interior minister resigned on Tuesday5\/7\/2016) and said a deputy would take over his responsibilities, a few days after the deadliest of many car bombings in Baghdad since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed\u00a0Ghabban\u00a0made the announcement at a news conference in Baghdad, a video of which was posted on his\u00a0Facebook\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>His resignation will be official only if Prime Minister\u00a0Haider\u00a0Al-Abadi\u00a0approves it.\u00a0Abadi&#8217;s\u00a0office had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"figure\">\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Ghabban, seen here in March 2015, has stepped down amid security concerns sparked by a deadly suicide bombing in a busy Baghdad shopping district. (Thaier Al-Sudani\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad&#8217;s central shopping district of\u00a0Karrada\u00a0on Saturday has reached 250, Iraq&#8217;s Health Ministry said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It was the worst single car bomb attack in Iraq since U.S. forces toppled Saddam Hussein 13\u00a0years ago, and it\u00a0deepened the anger of many Iraqis over the weak performance of the security apparatus.<\/p>\n<p>Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)\u00a0militants, who government forces are trying to eject from large swathes of northern and western territory seized in 2014, claimed responsibility for the bombing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"figure\">\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">Iraq&#8217;s ministry of health has increased the death toll from a suicide attack on the weekend to 250. (Ahmed Saad\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<p><code><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsc?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.53881&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsv?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.53881&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" alt=\"NG-[C:G.Comp,B:Hp,Wk:2716,Dim:336X280]:Laptops\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><!-- END JUMIA --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The attack showed ISIS remains capable of ad-hoc attacks causing major loss of life despite losing considerable ground on the battlefield, most recently the city of Falluja, an hour&#8217;s drive west of the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The interior minister said that the explosive-packed vehicle came from the eastern province of Diyala, blaming a lack of communicating between multiple forces in charge of the capital&#8217;s security.<\/p>\n<p>Ghabban told Reuters in an interview last month that a recent spate of ISIS bombings in Baghdad would not end unless &#8220;disorder&#8221; plaguing Iraq&#8217;s security apparatus was rectified.<\/p>\n<p>He said then that security forces outside his control \u2014\u00a0\u00a0including units reporting to two counter-terrorism agencies, two Defence Ministry directorates and regional security commands \u2014\u00a0overlap with his ministry&#8217;s own counter-intelligence efforts.<\/p>\n<p>www.cbc.ca<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bomb.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9829\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9829\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bomb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"bomb\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bomb-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bomb.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9619\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9619\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alayo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq&#8217;s interior minister resigned on Tuesday5\/7\/2016) and said a deputy would take over his responsibilities, a few days after the deadliest of many car bombings in Baghdad since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Mohammed\u00a0Ghabban\u00a0made the announcement at a news conference in Baghdad, a video of which was posted on his\u00a0Facebook\u00a0page. 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