The
22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings was a terrorist attack that occurred when two powerful
car bombs ripped through the
Bab Al-Sharqi market in central
Baghdad, killing at least 88 people and wounding 160 others in one of the bloodiest days since the US
invasion of Iraq. The attack occurred two days after the start of the 10-day
Shiite festival leading up to
Ashoura.