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U.S.: 'Demonic' militants sent women to bomb markets
in Iraq
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* NEW: U.S. says women detonated their bombs in
suicide attacks
* But Iraqi officials say attackers had mental
disabilities
* Women's explosive belts detonated by remote
control, security official says
* Death toll in two market attacks in Baghdad
rises to 98
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two mentally disabled women
were strapped with explosives Friday and sent into
busy Baghdad markets, where they were blown up by
remote control, a top Iraqi government official said.
The bombs killed at least 98 people and wounded more
than 200 at two popular pet markets on the holiest day
of the week for Muslims, authorities said.
In both bombings, the attackers were mentally disabled
women whose explosive belts were remotely detonated,
Gen. Qasim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad's security
plan, told state television.
An aide to Atta said that people referred to the
bomber at central Baghdad's al-Ghazl market as the
"crazy woman" and that the bomber at a second market
had an unspecified birth disability. VideoWatch how
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The nationalities and identities of the women have not
been released.
U.S. military officials referred to the two attacks as
suicide bombings, saying both women detonated the
explosive devices. The U.S. attributed the attacks to
al Qaeda in Iraq and made no reference to the mental
conditions of the women.
"By targeting innocent Iraqis, they show their true
demonic character," said Lt. Col. Steve Stover,
spokesman for the Multi-National Division-Baghdad.
"They care nothing for the Iraqi people; they want to
subjugate them and forcefully create a greater Islamic
sharia state," he said, referring to Islamic law.
One bomb blew up at al-Ghazl animal market around
10:30 a.m., killing 69 and wounding more than 140.
The second blast happened about a half-hour later in
the New Baghdad neighborhood pet market, killing 29
people and wounding 67.
Al-Ghazl pet market is a popular destination where
people buy and sell cats, dogs, monkeys and other
animals. Attackers have struck the market on Fridays
-- its busiest day -- several times in the last year
or so.
A January 2007 bombing killed 15 and wounded 52 at the
pet market, and 13 people died and 58 were wounded in
a November attack.
The violence, the bloodiest series of attacks in the
capital since August, broke a brief stretch of
relative calm as attacks and deaths dropped at the
time of the 2007 increase in U.S. troop strength known
as the surge.
On Thursday, a parked car exploded in a predominantly
Shiite district in the Iraqi capital, killing five
civilians and wounding eight others, the Interior
Ministry said.
The attack occurred after a string of roadside
bombings that wounded 21 people, ministry said. In
one, a bomb near the deputy minister of electricity's
convoy wounded at least five people.
Also Thursday, a spokesman for the Polish military
said Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the
end of October.
October 31 will be the last day of the Polish presence
in Iraq, Maj. Dariusz Kacperczyk said in Warsaw.
New Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to
bring troops home from Iraq, where the country has
been one of the larger contingents apart from the
United States and Britain.
About 900 Polish troops are in Iraq, with most in
Diwaniya, some in Baghdad and others in the southern
city of Kut. Twenty-two soldiers from Poland have died
during the nearly 5-year war in Iraq.
CNN's Ahmed Taha and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to
this report.
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