ISIS Bombings Expose Shortfalls in Iraq’s Security Forces
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Originally published by the National Interest
The PMU’s ability to openly and repeatedly defy Iraqi law and disavow the interest of the country they are supposed to be protecting presents a major security challenge to the Iraqi government.
Duel suicide bombings tore through a crowded marketplace in Baghdad on January 21, killing over 30 people and injuring dozens of others. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombings, marking the first large-scale attack in the country in more than two years. Once a regular occurrence in Baghdad, suicide attacks have ceased in recent years after the Islamic State lost the final territories it controlled in Iraq in 2019.
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