Daesh (ISIS) militants struck terror into Iraqis in the capital Baghdad yet again early Sunday, bombing the Karada shopping area while people were celebrating Ramadan-the Islamic holy month. At least 131 people have died thus far.
Showing the grievances Baghdadis and Iraqis have with their security situation, the satirical hashtag “#detect_soap” began trending on Twitter following the deadly blasts. The hashtag refers to many Iraqis’ belief that fake bomb detectors are widely in use in the country, and detect materials such as soap, but not actual bombs.
Iraqi Twitter pulled no punches in decrying the apparent presence of fake bomb detectors in the country. And users tweeted their discontent in Arabic and English.
Bomb detectors that have been for years at Iraqi checkpoints and sadly they don't work. #Baghdad#كاشف_الزاهي https://t.co/QXHd8NqGC6
— Mustafa al-Najafi (@MustafaNajafi) July 3, 2016
#كاشف_الزاهي
— mustafa saadoon (@SaadoonMustafa) July 3, 2016
جهاز كشف المتفجرات الذي لا يعمل. pic.twitter.com/JwIToubZKg
#detect_soap: ready to find bombs that don’t work.
Others tweeted pictures of bomb detectors with Iraq painted on them in red to symbolize blood, or with Daesh’s flag on them.
#كاشف_الزاهي. هاشتاك موحد لحماية ارواح الابرياء ضد الفاسدين يرجى عمل ريتويت pic.twitter.com/uvTh8ciGnW
— الحشد الاعلامي (@alhashd_Media) July 2, 2016
#Iraq-i twittersphere launched a hashtag [#كاشف_الزاهي ] lambasting govt over continued use of fake bomb detectors pic.twitter.com/DVercPohWs
— Bin Maymun (@BinMaymun) July 3, 2016
Perhaps the deepest tweet came from Iraqi artist Ahmed Falah.
#تبا_لاحزابكم#تبا_لفسادكم#جهاز_كشف_فسادكم#جهاز_قتل_الشعب#تفجير_الكرادة pic.twitter.com/0ZSgFRzicb
— Ahmed Falah (@AljaffalA) July 3, 2016
Damn your parties. Damn your corruption. Equipped to detect your corruption. Equipped to kill the people. Karada bombing.
Today’s Karada bombing is the latest setback for Iraq in its fight against Daesh. The Iraqi army and allied Popular Mobilization Units took Fallujah from Daesh in June.
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