Car Bombing severely Injured in Iraq

March 10, 2009, Baghdad, Iraq—There was a car bombing at the national reconciliation conference. Thirty three people were killed and twenty or more were wounded by the bombing and Iraqi soldiers were one of the injured ones, according to the Interior Ministry Official. Another official told CNN that the commenced ambush had occurred when people were gathering outside when the conference had ended in the building. The people who held the meeting were Tribal Leaders of Abu Ghraib area, the Sunni Arab and the Shiite-led government. There was no suspects of the murderers yet. However, gatherings as such had been targeted by the anti-American Sunni Arab militants. The attack later followed the next Sunday when a man in a motorcycle had suicide bomb had killed thirty people and wounded at least sixty others, the targets were a police recruits. After the States invaded Iraq, they had purged Iraqi organizations such as the Baathists. The minority had condemned the member of the government, Al-Maliki, a Shiite, for not been fairly representing Iraqi’s ethnic groups.

This was another typical event that happened in Iraq. However, this time, I think these bombers were not terrorists, but protesters. These protesters actually think the Shiite-led government was not doing a good job on governing. They believe that they were not represented fairly. Hence, by making these bombings, this was a way to protest against the government. To stop these bombings, the Shiite-led government should listen to every different groups equally to prevent these kind of attacks from happening again. By shifting the government to democracy, real republic, could bring a fairer nation where everyone is equal, where government won’t favouring certain groups they are serving. It’s a time to change, Iraq!

Hyperlink: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.bomb.reconciliation/index.html