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Baghdad bomb kills five as standoff deepens
[Emirates 24/7] A suicide kaboomer in a vehicle packed with explosives killed at least five people at the interior ministry in Storied Baghdad...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... on Monday as a worsening political standoff stoked sectarian tensions. The blast, which left dozens maimed, came just days after the capital was struck by its deadliest violence in more than four months and as US Vice President  Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body... urged dialogue between Iraqi politicians to resolve their differences. The attacker took advantage of guards opening the ministry compound's main gates to allow in electrical maintenance workers to ram his explosives-filled car through and set it off, a ministry official said. At least five people were killed and 27 maimed, doctors at the Neurological and Al-Kindi hospitals, where casualties were taken, said. The blast came after a wave of attacks across Storied Baghdad on Thursday killed 60 people, and violence in the provinces the same day claimed another seven lives. It was the deadliest day in Iraq since mid-August. Iraq is mired in political dispute with authorities calling for the arrest of Sunni Arab Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges he ran a death squad, accusations Hashemi denies. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has also called for the sacking of his Sunni deputy Saleh al-Mutlak, who has denounced the premier as a dictator "worse than Saddam Hussein". Posted by: Fred 2011-12-27 |
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