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A few hours after the storming of the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Justice on March 17, the justice minister disclosed information about a plot to break into the Green Zone. Iraqi Justice Minister Hasan al-Shammari had spoken apprehensively about his intention to further implement execution sentences and said that he himself will oversee this task. A few hours later, al-Qaeda responded by launching 20 car bombs that did not leave one single neighborhood unscathed in the capital.
In a statement, al-Qaeda said that its attacks were in response to Shammari's threats and that the organization will continue its operations, which are designed to defend the "Sunnis in Iraq."
