Blog 12 "20 Die in Series of Bomb Attacks in Iraq"

Kaleesha Knox

SOC 202-03

November 15, 2012

“20 Die in Series of Bomb Attacks in Iraq”

Security forces in Iraq told news reporters that at least 20 people were killed and at more than 100 were wounded due to a launching of numerous bombs in Iraq ranging from the marketplace to a university campus. Although no immediate motive is released, many of the attacks marketed places that display the diversity in Iraq’s political and ethnic culture. The people of Iraq no doubt feel unsafe being that 8 days ago on November 06, a similar incident occurred at a military base that killed more than 25 people. Violence in Iraq has escalated at an exponential rate, and as the governor entered the southern region, he barely escaped his own death. Whoever the criminals were, they attempted to assassinate him by purposefully placing a bomb on the side of the road that was aimed towards his convoy. It is extremely clear that the enraged criminals could care less about hurting their elected officials because in a separate incident in the north, a bomb exploded that injured an Army patrol as he walked by including five service members and 2 citizens. Other attacks include wounding four members of the security forces and injuring 13 civilians in three various attacks.

Many officials complained that Iraq is in serious need of changing the leaders because many of the leaders are viewed as corrupt and serve no purpose or wanting to protect its citizens. Despite the fact whether the statement is true or not, it does not given individuals the right to decide to harm anyone. The fact that people believe that launching bombs in order to kill the leaders of Iraq will be beneficial because they are dead shows how they are seriously lacking morals in society. Killing a person never improves a situation, but rather makes it much worse. The criminals claim that the officials are corrupt and must be replaced, when indeed they themselves are the corrupt citizens that need to reevaluate and change their way of thinking. This particular mindset of citizens in a country is what causes a country to stand divided with very little chance of reuniting. Accepting others’ opinions and ways of life should be encouraged instead of being rejected altogether.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/world/middleeast/Iraq-attacks.html?ref=world&_r=0