A parliamentary commission was set up to look into the August 19 bombings that targeted the Foreign and Finance ministries, leaving 95 dead and more than 600 injured.
Lawmaker and commission member Waleed Shirka, from the Kurdish bloc, told RFI that, after hearing testimony from the interior and defense ministers, "the commission has found poor intelligence gathering."
He said lawmakers recommended the creation of a "joint-operations room" that would "address the lack of coordination among the Defense and Interior ministries and the intelligence agencies."
Khalid al-Asadi, a member of the Shi'ite United Iraqi Alliance, told RFI that parliament shares the blame for the security lapses for "failing to pass legislation reorganizing the security apparatus and for denying funding to many intelligence-gathering agencies."
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Political analyst Khamis al-Badri told RFI the factions are trying to capitalize on the security issue in the run-up to the January 2010 national elections.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has made security a centerpiece of his campaign.
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