[6] The capture of two al-Qaeda members in a car intended to be used as another bomb led officials to believe they were part of a coordinated attack.
A larger explosion followed outside the Foreign Ministry, accompanied by mortar attacks on the secure Green Zone.
[5] The next car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded at least 22 as it devastated a combined Iraqi Army-police patrol near the Finance Ministry.
[1][3][7] Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had been scheduled to deliver a speech at a nearby hotel, but this was canceled due to attacks.
[8] The attacks were claimed, at the end of October 2009, by Islamic State of Iraq, calling the targets "dens of infidelity".
[14][15] The Kurdistan Regional Government condemned the attacks,[16] blamed them on a "delay in security implementation" and called for unity among Iraqis.