Baghdad, April 09: Al-Qaida’s umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a triple suicide bombing outside foreign embassies in Baghdad, which killed more than 40 people.
The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, posted a statement on Friday on a Web site that carries al-Qaida and other militant statements.
The statement says the attacks last Sunday were a “new strike into the heart of the security plan” in the Iraqi capital. It also says “all diplomatic corps, embassies and international organizations” dealing with the Iraqi government are “legitimate targets.”
The embassy bombings are part of a wave of recent violence that suggests insurgents are seizing on political uncertainty after March elections to try to destabilize the country as U.S. troops prepare to leave.
—Agencies