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(FNA) – Al Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate said on Sunday it carried out a coordinated suicide bomb and gun attack on the country’s justice ministry last week that killed at least 25 people in the center of Baghdad.
The assault near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several western embassies and government offices are located, fanned fears about Iraq’s security, Reuters reported.
Three car bombs exploded and a suicide bomber blew himself up in broad daylight in the heart of the capital on Thursday.
Another suicide bomber then walked into the justice ministry and set off his device while militants attacked the building. Iraqi security forces eventually regained control.
Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), an umbrella group for al Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim insurgents, said it had ordered the suicide bombers to attack the building floor by floor and “liquidate” its enemies inside.
