Iraqi PM vows security changes after Baghdad bombing

Al-Monitor Staff

Jan 22, 2021

Iraqi mourners carry the coffin of a victim who was killed in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf on January 21, 2021. - A rare twin suicide bombing killed 32 people and wounded 110 at a crowded market in central Baghdad, Iraq's government said, the city's deadliest attack in three years.
The first attacker drew a crowd at the bustling market in the capital's Tayaran Square by claiming to feel sick, then detonated his explosives belt, the interior ministry s — Iraqi mourners carry the coffin of a victim killed in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, Jan. 21, 2021. — ALI NAJAFI/AFP via Getty Images

A day after deadly dual bombings tore through a crowded market in central Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi promised that the intelligence failure "would not be repeated."

Kadhimi said during an urgent meeting of the National Security Council that his government was working to develop a “comprehensive and effective security plan to meet the coming challenges" that he would personally oversee.