Baghdad_NP1 bombing_NN1 leaves_VVZ hole_NN1 in_II diplomatic_JJ corps_NN Iraq_NP1 's_GE Foreign_JJ Ministry_NN1 saw_VVD 10_MC percent_NNU of_IO its_APPGE staff_NN killed_VVN or_CC injured_VVD ._. 
Foreign_JJ minister_NN1 blames_VVZ systemic_JJ security_NN1 breaches_NN2 for_IF last_MD week_NNT1 's_GE assault_NN1 ._. 
Baghdad_NP1 Iraqi_JJ diplomats_NN2 are_VBR clearing_VVG out_RP the_AT rubble_NN1 of_IO their_APPGE bombed_JJ Foreign_JJ Ministry_NN1 building_NN1 while_CS the_AT nation_NN1 grapples_VVZ with_IW the_AT aftermath_NN1 of_IO an_AT1 attack_NN1 that_CST has_VHZ rocked_VVN the_AT foundation_NN1 of_IO its_APPGE fragile_JJ security_NN1 and_CC served_VVD notice_NN1 that_CST the_AT country_NN1 is_VBZ still_RR at_II war_NN1 ._. 
The_AT twin_NN1 suicide_NN1 truck_NN1 bombs_VVZ that_CST exploded_VVD outside_II the_AT Foreign_JJ Ministry_NN1 and_CC Finance_VV0 Ministry_NN1 last_MD week_NNT1 killed_VVN more_RRR than_CSN 100_MC people_NN and_CC wounded_VVN almost_RR 600_MC in_II attacks_NN2 on_II two_MC major_JJ symbols_NN2 of_IO Iraqi_JJ sovereignty_NN1 ._. 
"_" What_DDQ happened_VVD on_II Black_JJ Wednesday_NPD1 was_VBDZ truly_RR a_AT1 national_JJ tragedy_NN1 ,_, "_" Foreign_JJ Minister_NN1 Hoshyar_NP1 Zebari_NP1 told_VVD reporters_NN2 in_II a_AT1 press_NN1 conference_NN1 Saturday_NPD1 aimed_VVD at_II showing_VVG the_AT ministry_NN1 was_VBDZ working_VVG through_II the_AT destruction_NN1 ._. 
"_" This_DD1 incident_NN1 targeted_VVD the_AT whole_JJ Iraqi_JJ government_NN1 ,_, the_AT whole_JJ Iraqi_JJ state_NN1 ,_, to_TO bring_VVI it_PPH1 down_RP ._. "_" 
Outside_II the_AT twisted_JJ facade_NN1 and_CC gaping_JJ windows_NN2 of_IO the_AT 10-story_JJ building_NN1 ,_, city_NN1 workers_NN2 reerected_VVD blast_NN1 walls_NN2 taken_VVN down_RP earlier_RRR this_DD1 year_NNT1 in_II what_DDQ Mr._NNB Zebari_NP1 bluntly_RR described_VVN as_II overconfidence_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 systemic_JJ failure_NN1 of_IO security_NN1 ._. 
"_" No_UH to_II al-Qaeda_NP1 ,_, no_UH to_II Saddam_NP1 's_GE henchmen_NN2 ._. 
No_UH to_II the_AT malicious_JJ foreign_JJ hands_NN2 that_CST want_VV0 to_TO return_VVI Iraq_NP1 to_II the_AT era_NN1 of_IO darkness_NN1 ,_, "_" reads_VVZ one_MC1 of_IO the_AT black_JJ banners_NN2 strung_VVN across_II the_AT wreckage_NN1 in_II31 front_II32 of_II33 the_AT vast_JJ apartment_NN1 blocks_NN2 built_VVN for_IF government_NN1 employees_NN2 in_II the_AT Saddam_NP1 Hussein_NP1 era_NN1 ._. 
Inside_RL ,_, Zebari_NP1 held_VVD meetings_NN2 in_II a_AT1 makeshift_JJ reception_NN1 room_NN1 with_IW plastic_NN1 sheeting_NN1 for_IF walls_NN2 ._. 
Iraqi_JJ officials_NN2 with_IW their_APPGE heads_NN2 bandaged_VVN walked_VVD the_AT halls_NN2 exchanging_VVG news_NN1 of_IO more_RGR severely_RR wounded_JJ colleagues_NN2 ._. 
Thirty-two_MC Foreign_JJ Ministry_NN1 employees_NN2 were_VBDR killed_VVN in_II the_AT blast_NN1 ._. 
More_DAR than_CSN 60_MC other_JJ ministry_NN1 people_NN were_VBDR wounded_VVN ,_, many_DA2 of_IO them_PPHO2 seriously_RR ,_, when_CS the_AT truck_NN1 bomb_NN1 struck_VVD ._. 
That_DD1 's_VBZ 10_MC percent_NNU of_IO the_AT ministry_NN1 staff_NN injured_JJ or_CC killed_VVD ._. 
Many_DA2 of_IO the_AT casualties_NN2 were_VBDR young_JJ diplomats_NN2 at_II the_AT start_NN1 of_IO their_APPGE careers_NN2 in_II the_AT foreign_JJ service_NN1 ._. 
"_" They_PPHS2 were_VBDR brilliant_JJ ,_, "_" says_VVZ Ambassador_NNB Srood_NP1 Najib_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS lost_VVD six_MC of_IO his_APPGE staff_NN in_II the_AT Americas_NP2 department_NN1 on_II one_MC1 of_IO the_AT floors_NN2 most_RGT heavily_RR hit_VVN by_II the_AT blast_NN1 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 selected_VVD them_PPHO2 one_MC1 by_II one_MC1 and_CC watched_VVD over_II them_PPHO2 ._. 
I_PPIS1 was_VBDZ thinking_VVG that_CST 10_MC ,_, 15_MC years_NNT2 from_II now_RT they_PPHS2 could_VM lead_VVI us_PPIO2 ._. "_" 
Instead_RR ,_, they_PPHS2 were_VBDR buried_VVN last_MD week_NNT1 ._. 
The_AT unmarried_JJ men_NN2 and_CC women_NN2 were_VBDR laid_VVN to_II rest_NN1 after_II the_AT funeral_NN1 services_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ ,_, according_II21 to_II22 Muslim_JJ tradition_NN1 ,_, included_VVD mock_JJ weddings_NN2 to_TO make_VVI up_RP for_IF what_DDQ they_PPHS2 missed_VVD on_II earth_NN1 ._. 
"_" Our_APPGE goals_NN2 are_VBR to_TO keep_VVI working_VVG ,_, not_XX to_TO surrender_VVI ,_, and_CC to_TO keep_VVI life_NN1 moving_VVG in_II the_AT ministry_NN1 ,_, "_" says_VVZ Zebari_NP1 ,_, walking_VVG through_II a_AT1 cleared_JJ corridor_NN1 that_CST had_VHD been_VBN filled_VVN with_IW rubble_NN1 two_MC days_NNT2 ago_RA ._. 
They_PPHS2 plan_VV0 to_TO begin_VVI rebuilding_NN1 ,_, floor_NN1 by_II floor_NN1 ,_, if_CS the_AT building_NN1 is_VBZ declared_VVN structurally_RR sound_JJ ._. 
Setback_NN1 to_II international_JJ relations_NN2 It_PPH1 is_VBZ the_AT second_MD time_NNT1 Zebari_NN1 is_VBZ overseeing_VVG reconstruction_NN1 of_IO the_AT ministry_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ was_VBDZ looted_VVN to_II the_AT floors_NN2 after_II the_AT US_NP1 invasion_NN1 in_II 2003_MC ._. 
Six_MC years_NNT2 later_RRR ,_, Iraq_NP1 has_VHZ diplomatic_JJ ties_NN2 with_IW more_DAR than_CSN 70_MC countries_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB the_AT bombing_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT security_NN1 shortcomings_NN2 it_PPH1 revealed_VVD ,_, are_VBR certain_JJ to_TO set_VVI back_RP efforts_NN2 to_TO woo_VVI trade_NN1 and_CC other_JJ foreign_JJ missions_NN2 here_RL ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 think_VV0 this_DD1 will_NN1 impact_NN1 the_AT overall_JJ impression_NN1 of_IO how_RGQ solid_JJ the_AT security_NN1 situation_NN1 is_VBZ ,_, "_" says_VVZ Zebari_NN1 in_II an_AT1 interview_NN1 against_II a_AT1 backdrop_NN1 of_IO workers_NN2 hammering_VVG ._. 
"_" Unless_CS the_AT government_NN1 succeeds_VVZ in_II providing_VVG better_JJR security_NN1 for_IF its_APPGE own_DA people_NN ,_, not_XX for_IF the_AT missions_NN2 ,_, others_NN2 will_VM not_XX be_VBI encouraged_VVN ._. "_" 
Wednesday_NPD1 's_GE attacks_NN2 were_VBDR carried_VVN out_RP on_II the_AT sixth_MD anniversary_NN1 of_IO the_AT truck_NN1 bombing_NN1 of_IO the_AT United_JJ Nations_NN2 headquarters_NN in_II Baghdad_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ killed_VVD UN_NP1 envoy_NN1 Sergio_NP1 Viera_NP1 de_NP1 Mello_NP1 and_CC 22_MC other_JJ UN_NP1 staff_NN ._. 
Before_CS last_MD week_NNT1 's_GE blasts_NN2 ,_, UN_NP1 officials_NN2 had_VHD been_VBN contemplating_VVG moving_VVG some_DD of_IO their_APPGE Iraq_NP1 operations_NN2 from_II neighboring_VVG Jordan_NP1 ,_, where_CS they_PPHS2 relocated_VVD from_II Baghdad_NP1 six_MC years_NNT2 ago_RA ._. 
Those_DD2 moves_NN2 will_VM likely_RR be_VBI halted_VVN ._. 
The_AT bombing_NN1 and_CC recriminations_NN2 between_II Iraqi_JJ security_NN1 forces_NN2 ,_, government_NN1 officials_NN2 ,_, and_CC political_JJ parties_NN2 has_VHZ exposed_VVN the_AT deep_JJ tensions_NN2 that_CST had_VHD been_VBN overshadowed_VVN by_II Iraqi_JJ and_CC US_NP1 relief_NN1 over_II improved_JJ security_NN1 during_II the_AT past_JJ year_NNT1 ,_, which_DDQ allowed_VVD a_AT1 pullout_NN1 of_IO American_JJ combat_NN1 troops_NN2 from_II Baghdad_NP1 in_II June_NPM1 ._. 
Speaking_VVG to_II US_NP1 Ambassador_NNB Christopher_NP1 Hill_NP1 at_II the_AT Foreign_JJ Ministry_NN1 on_II Saturday_NPD1 ,_, Zebari_NP1 described_VVD the_AT attack_NN1 as_II "_" Iraq_NP1 's_GE 9/11_MF ._. "_" 
Ambassador_NNB Hill_NP1 ,_, walking_VVG around_II the_AT 12-foot-deep_JJ crater_NN1 where_CS the_AT truck_NN1 bomb_NN1 exploded_VVD ,_, says_VVZ he_PPHS1 believes_VVZ the_AT attack_NN1 was_VBDZ aimed_VVN at_II the_AT heart_NN1 of_IO Iraqi_JJ sovereignty_NN1 :_: "_" This_DD1 really_RR is_VBZ an_AT1 attack_NN1 on_II Iraq_NP1 's_GE ability_NN1 to_TO conduct_VVI its_APPGE foreign_JJ policy_NN1 and_CC to_TO be_VBI a_AT1 member_NN1 of_IO the_AT international_JJ community_NN1 ,_, and_CC blowing_VVG up_RP a_AT1 building_NN1 and_CC killing_VVG people_NN is_VBZ not_XX going_VVGK to_TO stop_VVI that_DD1 process_NN1 ._. "_" 
Zebari_NN2 ,_, in_II unusually_RR pointed_VVD public_JJ comments_NN2 ,_, said_VVD systemic_JJ security_NN1 breaches_NN2 over_II the_AT past_JJ month_NNT1 had_VHD allowed_VVN a_AT1 series_NN of_IO bombings_NN2 in_II the_AT north_ND1 of_IO Iraq_NP1 and_CC led_VVN to_II Wednesday_NPD1 's_GE attack_NN1 ,_, in_II which_DDQ the_AT truck_NN1 bomb_NN1 was_VBDZ able_JK to_TO drive_VVI essentially_RR unimpeded_JJ through_II the_AT streets_NN2 of_IO Baghdad_NP1 ._. 
Arrests_NN2 and_CC accusations_NN2 Iraqi_JJ officials_NN2 ,_, who_PNQS almost_RR instantly_RR announced_VVN arrests_NN2 after_II the_AT attacks_NN2 ,_, have_VH0 given_VVN conflicting_JJ reports_NN2 about_II how_RRQ it_PPH1 was_VBDZ carried_VVN out_RP ,_, but_CCB all_DB have_VH0 blamed_VVN Baath_NN1 Party_NN1 loyalists_NN2 for_IF planning_VVG the_AT bombing_NN1 and_CC Al_NP1 Qaeda_NP1 operatives_NN2 for_IF carrying_VVG it_PPH1 out_RP ._. 
Eleven_MC Iraqi_JJ security_NN1 commanders_NN2 responsible_JJ for_IF the_AT areas_NN2 in_II which_DDQ the_AT attacks_NN2 occurred_VVN are_VBR being_VBG held_VVN for_IF suspected_JJ negligence_NN1 and_CC possible_JJ collaboration_NN1 ._. 
On_II Sunday_NPD1 ,_, an_AT1 Iraqi_JJ security_NN1 spokesman_NN1 broadcast_VVN on_II TV_NN1 a_AT1 taped_JJ confession_NN1 of_IO what_DDQ he_PPHS1 called_VVD the_AT mastermind_NN1 of_IO the_AT Finance_NN1 Ministry_NN1 bombing_NN1 ._. 
The_AT man_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS appeared_VVD strangely_RR composed_VVN ,_, said_VVD he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 former_DA police_NN2 officer_NN1 in_II Diyala_NP1 Province_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 member_NN1 of_IO the_AT banned_JJ Baath_NN1 party_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 said_VVD he_PPHS1 'd_VHD orchestrated_VVN the_AT bombing_NN1 with_IW an_AT1 Iraqi_JJ Baath_NN1 leader_NN1 in_II Syria_NP1 ._. 
The_AT governor_NN1 of_IO Baghdad_NP1 on_II Sunday_NPD1 ,_, a_AT1 member_NN1 of_IO Prime_JJ Minister_NN1 Nouri_NN1 al-Maliki_NN1 's_GE Dawa_NP1 party_NN1 ,_, told_VVD the_AT Monitor_NN1 authorities_NN2 were_VBDR considering_II arresting_VVG some_DD Sunni_NN1 members_NN2 of_IO parliament_NN1 who_PNQS may_VM have_VHI ordered_VVN the_AT attack_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 potentially_RR politically_RR explosive_JJ move_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Defense_NN1 Ministry_NN1 ,_, in_II31 charge_II32 of_II33 the_AT Army_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT Interior_JJ Ministry_NN1 ,_, responsible_JJ for_IF police_NN2 ,_, have_VH0 traded_VVN accusations_NN2 over_II who_PNQS was_VBDZ responsible_JJ for_IF the_AT security_NN1 breach_NN1 ._. 
Iraqi_JJ ministries_NN2 are_VBR divided_VVN among_II various_JJ political_JJ parties_NN2 under_II a_AT1 power-sharing_JJ agreement_NN1 first_MD overseen_VVN by_II the_AT US_NP1 ._. 
Four_MC days_NNT2 after_II the_AT attack_NN1 ,_, Prime_JJ Minister_NN1 Maliki_NN1 had_VHD neither_RR visited_VVN the_AT site_NN1 of_IO the_AT Foreign_JJ Ministry_NN1 blast_NN1 ,_, nor_CC sent_VVD a_AT1 senior_JJ representative_NN1 ._. 
The_AT prime_JJ minister_NN1 himself_PPX1 ,_, who_PNQS has_VHZ widely_RR been_VBN given_VVN credit_NN1 for_IF security_NN1 gains_NN2 over_II the_AT past_JJ year_NNT1 ,_, will_VM likely_RR pay_VVI part_NN1 of_IO the_AT political_JJ price_NN1 for_IF the_AT bombings_NN2 ._. 
On_II Monday_NPD1 ,_, one_MC1 of_IO his_APPGE main_JJ coalition_NN1 partners_NN2 ,_, the_AT Islamic_JJ Supreme_JJ Council_NN1 of_IO Iraq_NP1 ,_, said_VVD it_PPH1 would_VM form_VVI a_AT1 new_JJ coalition_NN1 for_IF elections_NN2 in_II January_NPM1 that_DD1 did_VDD not_XX include_VVI the_AT Dawa_NP1 party_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ is_VBZ also_RR Shiite_JJ ._. 
Maliki_NP1 has_VHZ been_VBN attempting_VVG to_TO form_VVI a_AT1 broad-based_JJ coalition_NN1 that_CST includes_VVZ Sunnis_NN2 and_CC Kurds_NN2 to_TO expand_VVI his_APPGE power_NN1 base_NN1 ahead_II21 of_II22 elections_NN2 in_II January_NPM1 ._. 
