ISIS's Explosive Attacks in the Greater Baghdad Area: April 4-May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016 - Patrick Martin![](https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/ISIS%27s%20Explosive%20Attacks%20in%20Greater%20Baghdad%20April%204%20to%20May%2011%2C%202016-01-01_1.png?itok=0fqY2LIp)
ISIS carried out explosive attacks in Baghdad and its environs to undermine an increasingly fragile Iraqi government through April and early May. The group exploited a security system both distracted by ongoing political upheaval caused by a stalled reform and burdened with protecting thousands of Shi’a pilgrims travelling to northern Baghdad for a major Shi’a holiday.