[Iran Press TV] Dozens of Iraqis have been killed and scores of others maimed by multiple kabooms targeting the Iraqi police in the northern city of Kirkuk.File under "Osama bin Laden Memorial Murders"...
The initial twin bombing attacks on Thursday killed at least 27 people, most of them coppers, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported.
A third blast occurred 45 minutes later on a road that led to a local hospital. The triple bombings left at least 89 people injured.
Colonel Aras Mohammed, a senior police official in the city, also sustained injuries after an explosive-laden vehicle was blown up near his convoy.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio had his hands full of angry bleached blonde...
a woman and a holy man were also killed and 10 others maimed in separate bombings in Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
and the central city of Baquba.
Militancy and terrorism continue to be rampant in Iraq eight years after US-led invasion of the oil-rich country, despite the persisting presence of at least 47,000 US troops there.
In 2003, Washington led its allies in the occupation of Iraq under the pretext that the country was then in possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
However,
The essential
However...
it was later found that not only the country did not harbor any such arms, but that American and British leaders, who heavily promoted and participated in the hugely destructive military action, knew about the non-existence of WMD's in Iraq.
Over one million Iraqis have suffered violent deaths as a result of the occupation, according to a study conducted by the prestigious British polling group, Opinion Research Business (ORB).
About 5 million children have also been orphaned as violence has been surging continuously, ORB said.