World News Suicide bombings kill over 100 in Iraq

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IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - The number of dead rose to 101 on Feb. 3 in the twin suicide bombings of two Kurdish political offices, the highest confirmed toll in any terrorist attack since the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, but many Kurds blamed Muslim extremists, particularly Ansar al-Islam, an armed group that operates in the Kurdish enclave and is believed to be allied with al-Qaeda.

The two suicide bombers with explosives wired to their bodies struck the offices of the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in nearly simultaneous attacks Feb. 1, wounding more than 235.

The attackers entered the buildings with hundreds of well-wishers gathering for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice.

The attacks came as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan met with U.S. President George W. Bush and announced the United Nations would send a team to Iraq to break an impasse between the U.S.-led coalition and the Shiite Muslim clergy over how to transfer power to Iraqis.

イラク自爆テロで101人死亡

2つのクルド人政党の事務所で起きた同時自爆テロによる死亡者数は、3日、101人を超えた。これはアメリカのイラク侵攻以来、テロ攻撃によって確認された中で、もっとも多い死亡者数となった。

Shukan ST: Feb. 13, 2004

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