CAIRO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cairo-based Arab League (AL) strongly condemned on Sunday the twin truck bombings in central Baghdad which killed over 130 people and injured some 500 others.

    In a statement sent to Xinhua, AL chief Amr Moussa denounced the bombings describing them as criminal acts claiming the lives of innocent citizens, adding that it is an attempt to destabilize security of Iraq.

    Moussa reiterated his call for all Iraqi leaders to reunite so as to confront terrorism and radicalism and to avoid political and sectarian tensions which feed violence and impede the political process.

    He stressed that the Arab League is in solidarity with Iraq in order to achieve comprehensive national reconciliation.

    Two truck bombs coordinately exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing and wounding over 600 people in an apparent attempt to shape a setback to the Iraqi government which struggle to restore normalcy in the country nearly three months ahead of the country's national elections.