Al Qaeda blamed for 72 deaths in Baghdad caused by detonating two women bombers by remote controlFebruary 1, 2008, 8:41 PM (GMT+02:00)In the worst bombings in the Iraqi capital in six months, the women suicides were blown up at two popular pet markets, Friday, Feb. 1. DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that while US-Iraqi military operations have achieved successes against al Qaeda strongholds and brought down the violence in most parts of Iraq, some remnants of their terrorist infrastructure remain in place ready to spring up again for violent attacks.Since early January, Al Qaeda has taken to using female suicide bombers.In the Friday attacks, one woman killed 45 people and wounded 82 when she blew up at the Ghazil pet market. Ten minutes earlier, 27 people were killed, 57 injured by a woman who was detonated at a bird market. An Iraqi military officer said the mobiles used to detonate them had been found and the two women used by al Qaeda had been mentally retarded.other news reports the woman had no idea what was happeningboth were killed