An Unequal Silence

According to the BBC, two suicide bombers have left 80 dead and injured 100. The article notes:

The suicide bombs in Khanaqin, in north-eastern Iraq, are the latest in a string of attacks against Shia mosques.

The BBC's Jim Muir, in Baghdad, says the attacks were intended as an act of sectarian provocation, as all the casualties must have been Shia Muslims at prayer.

The BBC has an interesting sidebar that documents the “bloodiest” days in Iraq:

18 Nov 2005 - 80 dead
Multiple bombings in Baghdad and two Khanaqin mosques

14 Sept 2005 - 182 dead
Suicide car bomber targets Baghdad labourers in worst of a series of bombs

16 Aug 2005 - 90 dead
Suicide bomber detonates fuel tanker in Musayyib

28 Feb 2005 - 114 dead
Suicide car bomb hits government jobseekers in Hilla

24 June 2004 - 100 dead
Co-ordinated blasts in Mosul and four other cities

2 March 2004 - 140 dead
Suicide bombers attack Shia festival-goers in Karbala and Baghdad

1 Feb 2004 - 105 dead
Twin attacks on Kurdish parties' offices in Irbil

28 Aug 2003 - 85 dead
Car bomb at Najaf shrine kills Shia cleric Muhammad Baqr Hakim and many others

That’s a total causality amount of 896. Of the eight events listed above, five were direct attacks on Shias, resulting in 692 of total causalities (77.2%).

Last week’s tragic attack in Amman which claimed my friend’s uncle, Mustafa Al-Akkad, claimed 50 lives. It was met with international condemnation.

To my knowledge, no major group has condemned—or even addressed—this most recent attack in Baghdad.