Police source revealed to an newspaper (image above) that today’s wave of bombings, which left scores of civilians dead and wounded in had been expected since Friday night. Messages has been circulated to various military units in Baghdad, there is a plan to bomb a number of Sunni and Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Friday and the military services placed on high alert.
Despite the intensive military and police patrols, which roam in various areas throughout the night, militants were able to carry out terrorist operations according to their schedule and in many areas of the capital Baghdad at the time of Friday prayers.
There are strong doubts in the Iraqi street, the possibility that political disputes behind the bombings, especially after news emerged of a possible meeting between Maliki and Allawi.
Maliki put himself in a very difficult position, with today wave of explosions and after Maliki announced the assassination of the two Al-Qaeda leaders, the Prime Minister can not blame Al-Qaeda anymore, so, chose not to blame anybody.
Maliki released a very weak two-lines statement saying:
The Prime Minister calls on the Iraqi people and the national political forces to unite against the terrorist attack, which is aimed at provoke sectarian strife.
Contrary to the media story about two cars exploded in Sadr-City, eyewitnesses reported a woman suicide bomber and not a car explosion