A walk down one of Baghdad’s most bombed streets
The Iraqi capital is no stranger to bombs, but this shopping street in central Baghdad bears a disproportionate share of their misery. The two-mile stretch that hugs the eastern bank of the Tigris River has been bombed three times this year, a number security forces say has been kept down by frequent road closures. The […]Loveday Morris writes for The Washington Post:
The Iraqi capital is no stranger to bombs, but this shopping street in central Baghdad bears a disproportionate share of their misery.
The two-mile stretch that hugs the eastern bank of the Tigris River has been bombed three times this year, a number security forces say has been kept down by frequent road closures.
The worst attack, in July, was the most deadly single suicide bombing the city has ever seen. It killed more than 300. The street was crowded with shoppers preparing to celebrate the end of Ramadan, and the bomb was crafted to direct its blast out to the sides, targeting shop fronts and stalls.
