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Al Qaeda's Iraqi wing has claimed responsibility for Sunday's double suicide bombings in Baghdad that killed around 100 people and wounded over 500 more.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has formally asked the UN to set up an independent inquiry into last month’s deadly attacks in Baghdad. While Maliki’s letter did not specifically name Syria, the Iraqi PM has blamed Damascus in the past.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said most foreign terrorists operating in Iraq infiltrate through the Syrian border, a charge Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denies as tensions between Baghdad and Damascus showed no signs of easing.
The bombers who killed 95 people and wounded 600 others in devastating attacks in and around Baghdad's Green Zone on August 19 have been released from US custody, according to a senior Iraqi interior ministry official.
A spate of attacks across Iraq on Saturday killed 19 people and injured dozens in the worst day of violence in the country since the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
Thousands of Iraqis paid tribute in Baghdad to Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, a leading Shia cleric and politician, who headed the country's largest Shiite party. Al-Hakim died two days ago in Iran, while undergoing treatment for lung cancer.
An Islamist website has posted a statement from terror network al Qaeda claiming last week's attacks on "the wounded heart of Baghdad" in which 95 people were killed and hundreds more wounded.
