Al-Qaida in Iraq Believed to be Behind Several Bombings

Iraqi police evacuate a victim of a bomb attack in Baghdad in January 2010 after three large blasts tied to al-Qaida hit a popular restaurant and hotel district. (AP)

People gather after a bomb blast in Baghdad. (AP)

Smoke rises over central Baghdad, Iraq on April 4, 2010 after al-Qaida linked suicide attackers detonated car bombs near foreign embassies. (AP)

U.S. army soldiers inspect the site of a car bomb attack near the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad in April 4, 2010. (AP)

Iraqi security forces inspect a crater caused by one of several bomb attacks across Baghdad on December 22, 2011. (AP)

Damage after one of the many bomb attacks across Baghdad on December 22, 2011, claimed by the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq. (AP)