Thirty-two people were killed and 110 injured, Thursday morning, in a double suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in an unprecedented attack for more than a year and a half in the absence of this type of terrorist operation in Baghdad.

The bombing took place in a crowded market near Tayaran Square, which is often crowded with pedestrians and shoppers. What are the implications of the bombing at this time?

What is his relationship with the arrival of Joe Biden to the White House in Washington?

Intense security deployment of Iraqi forces after an explosion in central Baghdad (Reuters)

Biden’s first day in power and the


timing of the violent bombing in Baghdad raises many questions about the return of terrorist operations to the Iraqi capital, in conjunction with the Iraqi government's efforts to establish security in preparation for the upcoming legislative elections, as well as on the first day of Joe Biden’s assumption of his duties as the new President of the United States, which may It represents a shift in the US administration that politicians and armed factions in Iraq depend on.

Political researcher Bassam al-Qazwini believes in an interview with Al-Jazeera that there are multiple readings of the recent bombing, saying that the return of "suicide operations" in Iraq after a hiatus of nearly a year and a half - especially with Biden's first day in power - shows an attempt to shift the spotlight on the Iraqi armed factions towards Al-Qaeda organization, especially since this type of operation is the methodology of the organization’s specialty.

Al-Qazwini added that "it is easy and pushing the suicide bombers to carry out the operation is not necessarily from Al Qaeda or ISIS," suggesting that there are motives for creating security chaos to question the capabilities of the Iraqi government, and at the same time pressure the new US administration to work on changing the Iraqi government.

The political researcher continued his statement about privacy at the time of the last bombing that the last operation - which came simultaneously with the Iraqi government's efforts for dialogue with some armed factions - may aim to stop this dialogue.

For his part, Ali Al-Ghanmi, a member of the Security and Defense Committee in the Iraqi Parliament, considered that the recent bombing is different from its predecessors, especially after the country has gone through a remarkable period of stability in the past months, indicating that "terrorist groups" are operating according to well-studied plans and may try to link their attacks to global events. Like Biden coming to power.

Al-Ghanimi added in an interview with Al-Jazeera Net that terrorism operates according to multiple motives, chiefly political and intellectual, indicating that “messages from this bombing may work to consolidate the idea of ​​former US President Donald Trump, who had issued decisions that Biden is expected to work to cancel, such as preventing Citizens of Muslim countries from entering the United States because they are associated with extremist ideas.

A member of the Security and Defense Committee in the Iraqi Parliament indicated that its committee has always demanded access to the intelligence effort, but at a time when the government continues to send messages of reassurance, terrorist groups carry out this sudden explosion, which confirms the activity and exploitation of terrorist groups by the political situation in the country.

The intelligence effort


, in turn, says the security expert, Muhammad al-Sabari, that some believe that the bombing is Joe Biden's first gift in the region, and it was in the bombing in central Baghdad against the background of accusations directed at the Democratic Party regarding making the Islamic State, but the discussion should be about the urgent need for the intelligence effort in the state Al-Iraqiya, especially since the recent bombing confirms that the terrorist groups are trying to reduce the pressure and pursuit by the security forces in other areas of Iraq.

Al-Sabri added to Al-Jazeera Net that choosing the location and timing of the bombing comes for several considerations, because Thursday is a semi-holiday in Iraq, and because the squares - including the Tayaran Square in central Baghdad - are crowded with kebabs and the owners of clothing stands, as well as the momentum of low-income shoppers on those popular markets in such times.

The security expert emphasized that Iraq lacks the intelligence effort, especially since the war with terrorism is no longer a war of cannons and aircraft only, but rather an intelligence war in the first place, and attention must be paid to fighting the Islamic State ideologically in cooperation with Arab countries, indicating that Iraq remains at this modest level of measures. In squares and markets that represent the spirit of the state, a temporary lull will follow, followed by continuous bombings at different times.

Armed factions


For his part, political analyst Ahmed al -

Suhail that the

recent bombing of

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time when the

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country, saying that the

recent bombing will add another burden on the

state security control and gun control.

Al-Suhail added to Al-Jazeera Net that the greatest danger relates to the possibility of increasing security breaches in the coming days, which will negatively affect the level of government preparations for safe elections, as well as the possibility of the violations contributing to stimulating and restoring sectarian rhetoric.

He indicated that the timing of the bombing, in conjunction with the arrival of Joe Biden to power in America, may represent a warning to the Biden administration to quickly turn to the Iraq file, with the possibility that any future violations could undermine reaching solutions with the armed factions.