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| Iraq |
| Iraqi security forces on high alert after carnage |
| 2009-10-27 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iraqi security forces were on high alert on Monday, a day after twin suicide vehicle bombs blamed on al-Qaeda killed 155 people and blasted government offices in Baghdad. More than 500 people were also wounded in the near-simultaneous attacks, which the government said were carried out by al-Qaeda and supporters of ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's banned Baath Party. U.S. President Barack Obama led international condemnation of Sunday's attacks and offered his condolences by telephone to both Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani. The European Union's Swedish presidency expressed its disgust, while France offered its "full solidarity" and Britain said the attacks had "no justification." NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen condemned as "reprehensible" the attacks. Iran joined the condemnation. "These terrorist actions aim to wreck stability and the process of reinforcing democratic structures," a foreign ministry official said. |
| Posted by:Fred |