n Sunday, the 3rd of July, 2016, a massive car explosion took place in the Karradah District of Iraq's capital, Baghdad. In one of the most devastating suicide bombs that have gripped the country since 2003, a car exploded causing an inferno where most of the victims suffocated or were burned to death. The fire spread rapidly between two shopping centers and the nearby shops, claiming the lives of more than 220 civilians, including women and children. More than 150 bodies were so badly burned that they are unidentifiable, and many families have resorted to DNA sampling to claim the bodies of their loved ones. Investigations done by the Iraqi government have been equivocal, and the relentless cycle of violence continues 13 years after the US lead invasion. This has left the families of the
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