At least 17 explosions occurred in the attacks , 48 hours after the 2010 Baghdad church massacre where 58 people were killed by a suicide bomber in a Baghdad church . Al-Qaeda has been suggested to be behind the violence . It is estimated that seventeen coordinated car bombs exploded . More than 250 people have been killed in Iraq in the last six days
2010 Baghdad church massacre
2010 Baghdad church massacre
2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings