Source: SIR
An incredible massacre, the cause of which might be the forthcoming January election. This is briefly what has been explained to SIR by the patriarchal vicar of Baghdad, mgr. Shlemon Warduni, as he commented the terrorist attack that yesterday shocked the Green Area, theoretically the one most protected in the Iraqi capital, as many Ministries and foreign embassies are based there. 165 people were killed and over 540 injured. “It is increasingly difficult to understand the reasons for such violence – the prelate states –. The cause might be the poisoning of the political climate in the run-up to the January election”.
According to US General George Joulwan, the former Commander-In-Chief of the NATO military forces, the terrorist attack, which seems to have been committed by Al Qaeda, must make Nuri al Maliki’s Government understand that the Iraqi side must work harder for its country’s security. “The Government will certainly have to work harder to enable the law to triumph – Warduni states –, but these actions will not stop unless there is a widespread peace achieved through everyone’s cooperation. Factious statements make nothing for peace; politics must serve the interest of all of Iraq, not just part of it. On the occasion of the three days’ national mourning proclaimed by the Government, we join in prayer to commemorate the victims of such terrorist attacks”.