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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miqdadiyah" title="Miqdadiyah">Miqdadiyah</a>, Iraq</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">23 April 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-04-23</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2 <a href="/wiki/Suicide_attack" title="Suicide attack">suicide attacks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data">Explosives</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">76<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombers_kill_79_in_Iraq_attacks_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombers_kill_79_in_Iraq_attacks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Injured</th><td class="infobox-data">At least 103</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/23_April_2009_Iraqi_suicide_attacks#Perpetrators" class="mw-redirect" title="23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks">unidentified</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motive</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anti-Shi%27ism" title="Anti-Shi'ism">Anti-Shi'a sentiment</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 23 April 2009, two separate <a href="/wiki/Suicide_attack" title="Suicide attack">suicide attacks</a> occurred in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miqdadiyah" title="Miqdadiyah">Miqdadiyah</a>. At least seventy-six people are known to have died in the attacks, including several <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iranian</a> pilgrims. The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> puts the death toll at seventy-nine.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombers_kill_79_in_Iraq_attacks_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombers_kill_79_in_Iraq_attacks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the forty-eight people killed in Muqdadiyah, near <a href="/wiki/Baqubah" title="Baqubah">Baqubah</a>, Diyala Province, are believed to have been Iranian nationals. According to the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, if the death tolls are confirmed, these attacks were the most lethal of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attacks">Attacks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_2009_Baghdad%E2%80%93Miqdadiyah_suicide_attacks&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Attacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baghdad">Baghdad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_2009_Baghdad%E2%80%93Miqdadiyah_suicide_attacks&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Baghdad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At least eighty people are known to have died in Baghdad when an explosive belt was detonated by a female.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Police were said to have been assisting and administering aid to <a href="/wiki/Homelessness" title="Homelessness">homeless people</a> in the Basil square in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alwehda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alwehda (page does not exist)">Alwehda</a> district.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75_die_in_Iraq_bomb_blasts_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75_die_in_Iraq_bomb_blasts-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over fifty people were wounded in the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A minimum of six National Police officers were killed, with one police officer describing how he carried off three bodies belonging to his colleagues whose uniforms were "drenched in blood".<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five children and two <a href="/wiki/Red_Crescent" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Crescent">Red Crescent</a> volunteers were counted amongst the dead.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iraqi_bomb_attacks_kill_almost_70_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iraqi_bomb_attacks_kill_almost_70-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thirty-five-year-old Issam Salim, a survivor injured by shrapnel as he waited for a bus, said: "I turned around as I fell to the ground and saw a big fire break out with black smoke. Women and children are crying from pain beside me in the hospital. Some of them suffered burns."<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scene in the aftermath of the attack was said to have been marked by chaos.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70_killed_in_Iraq_suicide_bombings_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70_killed_in_Iraq_suicide_bombings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Muqdadiyah">Muqdadiyah</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_2009_Baghdad%E2%80%93Miqdadiyah_suicide_attacks&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Muqdadiyah"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At least forty-eight people, all but two of whom were Iranian pilgrims, were killed and approximately sixty-three others were injured when the New Khanaqin restaurant in <a href="/wiki/Muqdadiyah" class="mw-redirect" title="Muqdadiyah">Muqdadiyah</a> was targeted at 12:45 pm<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iraqi_bomb_attacks_kill_almost_70_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iraqi_bomb_attacks_kill_almost_70-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Iranians had paused for lunch as they embarked on a pilgrimage to a <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shi'a Muslim</a> religious site in Baghdad.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sixty-four-year-old pilgrim, Kadhumi Sadiq, said: "While the waiter was serving us food a powerful explosion took place and the restaurant turned black. I suffered burns on my head, chest and hands".<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The restaurant was left demolished in the aftermath of the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombs_kill_scores_in_Iraq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abdulnasir al-Muntasirbillah, the recently sworn-in mayor of the region, visited the local hospital, describing the scene as "catastrophic" and the attack as dirty and cowardly.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span 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attack in the Iraq War<br /><i>This list only includes major attacks.</i> <dl><dt>2003</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2003_bombing_of_Jordanian_embassy_in_Baghdad" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 bombing of Jordanian embassy in Baghdad">1st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Canal_Hotel_bombing" title="Canal Hotel bombing">2nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Imam_Ali_Shrine_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Imam Ali Shrine bombing">Najaf</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/27_October_2003_Baghdad_bombings" title="27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings">3rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2003_Nasiriyah_bombing" title="2003 Nasiriyah bombing">1st Nasiriyah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2003_Karbala_bombings" title="2003 Karbala bombings">1st Karbala</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2004</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Erbil_bombings" title="2004 Erbil bombings"><b>‡</b> 1st Erbil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Ashura_massacre" title="2004 Ashura massacre"><b>‡</b> Ashoura</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/21_April_2004_Basra_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="21 April 2004 Basra bombings">1st Basra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Mosul_bombings" title="2004 Mosul bombings">1st Mosul</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/14_September_2004_Baghdad_bombing" title="14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing">4th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/30_September_2004_Baghdad_bombing" title="30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing">5th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Karbala_and_Najaf_bombings" title="2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings">Karbala & Najaf</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Baqubah_bombing" title="2004 Baqubah bombing">1st Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Kufa_mosque_bombing" title="2004 Kufa mosque bombing">Kufa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Forward_Operating_Base_Marez_bombing" title="2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing">Marez</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2005</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Al-Suwaira_fuel_dump_explosion" title="Al-Suwaira fuel dump explosion">Suwaira bombing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Al_Hillah_bombing" title="2005 Al Hillah bombing"><b>‡</b> 1st Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Erbil_bombing" title="2005 Erbil bombing">2nd Erbil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Musayyib_bombing" title="2005 Musayyib bombing"><b>‡</b> Musayyib</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_August_2005_Baghdad_bombings" title="17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings">6th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/14_September_2005_Baghdad_bombings" title="14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 7th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Balad_bombings" title="2005 Balad bombings">1st Balad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Khanaqin_bombings" title="2005 Khanaqin bombings">Khanaqin</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2006</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/5_January_2006_Karbala%E2%80%93Ramadi_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="5 January 2006 Karbala–Ramadi bombings"><b>‡</b> Karbala-Ramadi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2006_al-Askari_mosque_bombing" title="2006 al-Askari mosque bombing">1st Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Buratha_mosque_bombing" title="Buratha mosque bombing">8th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_July_2006_Sadr_City_bombing" title="1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing">9th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/23_November_2006_Sadr_City_bombings" title="23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings"><b>‡</b> 10th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2007</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mustansiriya_University_bombings" title="Mustansiriya University bombings">11th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/22_January_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings">12th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/February_2007_Al-Saydiya_market_bombing" title="February 2007 Al-Saydiya market bombing"><b>‡</b> 13th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/February_2007_Shorja_market_bombings" title="February 2007 Shorja market bombings">14th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/18_February_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings">15th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Al_Hillah_bombings" title="2007 Al Hillah bombings"><b>‡</b> 2nd Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Tal_Afar_bombings_and_massacre" title="2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre"><b>‡</b> 1st Tal Afar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/29_March_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings">16th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Iraqi_Parliament_bombing" title="2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing">17th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Karbala_mosque_bombings" title="2007 Karbala mosque bombings">2nd & 3rd Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/April_2007_Yazidi_massacre" title="April 2007 Yazidi massacre">2nd Mosul</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/18_April_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 18th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Makhmour_bombing" title="2007 Makhmour bombing">Makhmour</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Abu_Sayda_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Abu Sayda bombing">Abu Sayda</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_al-Askari_mosque_bombing" title="2007 al-Askari mosque bombing">2nd Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_al-Khilani_mosque_bombing" title="2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing">19th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Amirli_bombing" title="2007 Amirli bombing"><b>‡</b> Amirli</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Kirkuk_bombings" title="2007 Kirkuk bombings">1st Kirkuk</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/26_July_2007_Baghdad_market_bombing" title="26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing">20th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_August_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings">21st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Qahtaniyah_bombings" title="Qahtaniyah bombings"><b>§</b> Qahtaniya</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Al_Amarah_bombings" title="2007 Al Amarah bombings">Amarah</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2008</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_February_2008_Baghdad_bombings" title="1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings">22nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Balad_bombing" title="2008 Balad bombing">2nd Balad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/6_March_2008_Baghdad_bombing" title="6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing">23rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Karbala_bombing" title="2008 Karbala bombing">4th Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_June_2008_Baghdad_bombing" title="17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing">24th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Karmah_bombing" title="2008 Karmah bombing">Karmah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Baquba_bombings" title="2008 Baquba bombings">2nd Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Dujail_bombing" title="2008 Dujail bombing">Dujail</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Balad_Ruz_bombing" title="2008 Balad Ruz bombing">Balad Ruz</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2009</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Baghdad_police_recruitment_centre_bombing" title="2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing">25th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="2009 Baghdad bombings">26th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baghdad-Muqdadiyah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Taza_bombing" title="2009 Taza bombing">Taza</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/June_2009_Muraidi_Market_bombing" title="June 2009 Muraidi Market bombing">27th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Kirkuk_bombing" title="2009 Kirkuk bombing">2nd Kirkuk</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Tal_Afar_bombing" title="2009 Tal Afar bombing">2nd Tal Afar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/August_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="August 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 28th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/October_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="October 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 29th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/December_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="December 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 30th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2010</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/25_January_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="25 January 2010 Baghdad bombings">31st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_February_2010_Baghdad_bombing" title="1 February 2010 Baghdad bombing">32nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Baqubah_bombings" title="2010 Baqubah bombings">3rd Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/4_April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings">33rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/6_April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="6 April 2010 Baghdad bombings">34th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="April 2010 Baghdad bombings">35th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/10_May_2010_Iraq_attacks" title="10 May 2010 Iraq attacks"><b>‡</b> 1st Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Al-Kazimiyya_Mosque_bombings" title="2010 Al-Kazimiyya Mosque bombings">36th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_August_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings">37th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/25_August_2010_Iraq_bombings" title="25 August 2010 Iraq bombings">2nd Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/19_September_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings">38th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Baghdad_church_massacre" title="2010 Baghdad church massacre">39th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/November_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="November 2010 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 40th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2011</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/January_2011_Baghdad_shootings" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2011 Baghdad shootings">41st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/January_2011_Iraq_attacks" title="January 2011 Iraq attacks"><b>‡</b> 3rd Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/24_January_2011_Iraq_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="24 January 2011 Iraq bombings">Karbala-Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/27_January_2011_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="27 January 2011 Baghdad bombing">42nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Tikrit_assault" title="2011 Tikrit assault">Tikrit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Al_Hillah_bombing" title="2011 Al Hillah bombing">3rd Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Samarra_bombing" title="2011 Samarra bombing">3rd Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Al_Diwaniyah_bombing" title="2011 Al Diwaniyah bombing">Al Diwaniyah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Taji_bombings" title="2011 Taji bombings">Taji</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/15_August_2011_Iraq_attacks" title="15 August 2011 Iraq attacks">4th Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/28_August_2011_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="28 August 2011 Baghdad bombing">43rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Karbala_bombing" title="2011 Karbala bombing">4th Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/October_2011_Baghdad_bombings" title="October 2011 Baghdad bombings">44th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Basra_bombings" title="2011 Basra bombings">2nd Basra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/22_December_2011_Baghdad_bombings" title="22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings">45th Baghdad</a></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Baghdad's security spokesman, Maj-Gen Qassim Moussawi, said: "It is a suicide bomber. Obviously that has the fingerprints of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a>”.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iraqi_bomb_attacks_kill_almost_70_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iraqi_bomb_attacks_kill_almost_70-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70_killed_in_Iraq_suicide_bombings_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70_killed_in_Iraq_suicide_bombings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also other Iraqi officials, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> suggested, without citing sources, alleged that the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a> organization was involved in the bombings.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_bombers_kill_79_in_Iraq_attacks_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_bombers_kill_79_in_Iraq_attacks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reaction">Reaction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_2009_Baghdad%E2%80%93Miqdadiyah_suicide_attacks&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> called 23 April "the bloodiest day in Iraq this year".<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_Bombers_Kill_More_Than_70_in_Baghdad,_Diyala_Province-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> said it "appeared to be Iraq's bloodiest day in over a year" and surpassed an 11 December 2008 attack in <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a> which killed fifty.<sup id="cite_ref-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Suicide_attacks_kill_76_as_Iraq_reports_arrest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These attacks were followed a day later by two more suicide attacks which killed sixty people at the <a href="/wiki/Al-Kadhimiya_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Kadhimiya Mosque">al-Kādhimiya Mosque</a> in Baghdad.<sup id="cite_ref-Iraqi_police_say_60_dead_in_double_shrine_bombing_8-0" class="reference"><a 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