Car Bombs Kill 5 in Iraq

Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in al-Habibya district in Baghdad, April 16, 2013.

Iraqi officials say car bombings have killed at least five people, the day after a wave of violence left at least 50 people dead across the country.

The deadliest bombing Tuesday hit Aziziyah, about 75 kilometers south of the capital, Baghdad. That blast killed at least four people and wounded 15 others.

North of Baghdad, another explosion killed at least one soldier.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come as Iraqis prepare to vote in provincial elections on Saturday. The vote is the first in Iraq since U.S. troops withdrew from the country in December 2011.

The election has already been postponed by several months in Anbar and Ninevah provinces because of security threats.

from VOA News
April 16, 2013

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Car Bombs Kill 20 Across Iraq

A member of the Iraqi security forces inspects the site of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, April 15, 2013.

Bombings and other attacks across Iraq have killed at least 20 people and wounded nearly 200 others.

The violence Monday hit the capital, Baghdad, as well as Kirkuk and Tuz Khurmato to the north, the central city of Samarra, and Nasiriyah in southern Iraq.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come as Iraqis prepare to vote in provincial elections on Saturday. The vote is the first in Iraq since U.S. troops withdrew from the country in December 2011.

The election has already been postponed by several months in Anbar and Ninevah provinces because of security threats.

from VOA News
April 15, 2013

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Iraq Bombings Kill At Least 18

Civilians and security forces gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, March 29, 2013.

Several car bombs exploded near Shi'ite mosques across Iraq Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 100 in the latest spate of sectarian violence ahead of Iraq's regional elections scheduled for next month.

The blasts, within an hour of each other, hit several Baghdad neighborhoods and in the northern city of Kirkuk. The four car bombs across Baghdad killed at least 14 and wounded several dozen.

No group claimed responsibility.

The Iraqi government is postponing local elections scheduled for next month in the provinces of Anbar and Ninevah by up to six months, because of security threats to electoral workers and candidates.

Voting in Iraq's other provinces is due to go ahead as planned on April 20.

from VOA News
March 29, 2013

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6 security members killed in attacks in Iraq's violence

BAGHDAD, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Six security members were killed and another wounded Tuesday in separate gunfire and bomb attacks in western and eastern Iraq, the police said.

In Iraq's western province of Anbar, unidentified gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in the town of Rutba, some 375 km west of Baghdad, killing five policemen, a provincial police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Iraqi security forces cordoned off the scene and carried out operation in the area, while the police were investigating the incident, the source said.

In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a member of a government- backed Awakening Council group was killed and his brother wounded when a sticky bomb attached to their car detonated in the western part of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, a provincial police source anonymously told Xinhua.

The Awakening Council group, or Sahwa in Arabic, consists of armed groups, including some powerful anti-U.S. Sunni insurgent groups which fought al-Qaida militants in the Sunni Arab areas after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Also in the province, Iraqi security forces carried out search operations across the province over the past 24 hours and arrested 12 suspects, including seven wanted individuals, the source added.

Insurgents continue daily attacks including suicide bombings across Iraq since the U.S. troops pulled out of the country earlier last month.


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