Iraq Shiite blood stained

Iraq has become to be shaken by a wave of bombings that killed at least 107 dead and two hundred wounded. A total of 18 cities suffered explosions and shootings against positions of the security forces and government offices in a carnage unprecedented in the last two years.The violence, coinciding with the escalation of conflict in neighboring Syria, fears both Iraqi politicians and analysts that Al Qaeda tries to exploit the pull to restart the sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shiites, and lost ground in the war effort that preceded the withdrawal of U.S. troops last year. The largest number of victims occurred in Taji, a town about twenty miles north of Baghdad, where explosive devices exploded six, including a car bomb in a residential area. When police arrived, they reached seventh full blast, as the detective story picked up by news agencies. At least 14 of the 42 dead were officers and a dozen of the fifty wounded. In the capital, 21 people were killed and 73 injured when two separate car bombs explode in a government building in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, and the mostly Shiite neighborhood also Huseiniyah. There were also attacks in Mosul, Kirkuk (up five car bombs), Khan Bani Saad, Udhaim, Tuz Khurmato, Smarra, Dujail and Diwaniya. In Diyala province, several checkpoints were attacked clean shot. These attacks, and on Sunday left 20 dead and 80 wounded in three cities south of Baghdad, kill the two weeks of relative calm that preceded the start of Ramadan on Saturday. Although last night no one had claimed responsibility, the goals and execution are the usual Sunni extremists of Al Qaeda. And last weekend, the leader of the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq announced a plan to resume their former strongholds in the west. "We are beginning a new phase of our struggle for a transaction have called Breaking the Walls, and we remind you that your priority is to free Muslim prisoners," said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a recording broadcast on Saturday on several jihadist websites. In his first public statement since being elected head of the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda in May 2010, Al Baghdadi called on tribal leaders to send men to fight alongside him. "Al Qaeda is trying to send a message that is still strong and can choose when and where to attack," said after the attacks Hakim al Zamili, member of the security and defense of the Iraqi parliament, was quoted as saying Associated Press. deputy belonging to the Shiite majority, expressed concern about the inability of Iraqi security forces to prevent attacks and expressed his fear that the terrorist group has infiltrated these bodies.  Previous offensives failed Al Qaeda plunge Iraq into civil war largely because the political and religious leaders were able to restrain the Shiite militias and prevent retaliation, unlike what happened between 2006 and 2008. However, the government led by Shiites supported by the Kurds, fears that the rebel advance Syrian (mainly Sunni) can incite the Iraqi Sunni community, which has been taken down from the ruling coalition due to differences in the distribution of power.As the minority Alawite in Syria, Sunnis in Iraq were the backbone of Saddam Hussein. In fact, Iraq denounced the proposal that the foreign ministers of the Arab League did yesterday to President Bashar al-Assad to abandon the country in exchange for shelter for himself and his family. "That is the sole responsibility of the Syrian people and the rest should not interfere," said Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the Baghdad government, quoted by Reuters. In the earlier days, the authorities asked to return home to tens of thousands of Iraqis who remained in Syria, where they took refuge in violence after the U.S. invasion. They also announced they would not allow passage of Syrian refugees, a move that eventually reconsidered.

The most serious attacks of 2012

January 5 . - A wave of attacks kills nearly 60 Shiite worshipers in different parts of Iraq. The bloodiest attack, 36 killed, was aimed at a group of pilgrims heading to Karbala Shia shrine.

February 23 . - New series of attacks caused 41 deaths in different parts of Iraq. The terrorist network Al Qaeda claimed authorship.

March 20 . - New Wave of bombings kills at least 42 dead in different parts of Iraq, coinciding with the ninth anniversary of the invasion.

April 9 . - At least 42 killed in a series of attacks, mostly against security services in different areas of Iraq.

June 13 . - New series of attacks claiming the lives of 67 people, mostly Shiite pilgrims.

July 22 . - Nearly 30 killed in multiple attacks in several Iraqi cities, two of them into markets in southern Baghdad.

July 23 . - At least 71 dead and nearly 300 injured in several car bombs and explosive devices in Baghdad and other towns north of the capital.