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| Bombings across Iraq Kill Eight |
| 2013-04-17 |
| [An Nahar] Bombings in Iraq, including one near a governor's convoy, killed eight people on Tuesday a day after a wave of attacks left 50 dead ahead of the first elections since U.S. troops withdrew. A boom-mobile killed four people and maimed 15 in Aziziyah, while a roadside kaboom killed a soldier and maimed two near Mussayib, both south of the capital, security and medical officials said. Three separate blasts north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... killed three people and maimed eight others, and a roadside kaboom went kaboom!near a convoy carrying Nineveh province's Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi near the main northern city of djinn-infested Mosul, though no one was hurt. Gunmen also attacked a military site northwest of the disputed city of Kirkuk in the north, wounding two soldiers, while two workers on an irrigation project were kidnapped west of the city. The spate of bombings comes a day after more than 30 attacks killed 50 people and maimed almost 300, raising further questions about the credibility of April 20 provincial elections seen as a key test of Iraq's stability and its security forces. A total of 14 election hopefuls have already been murdered and just 12 of the country's 18 provinces will be taking part in the vote. Soldiers and coppers cast their ballots for the provincial elections on Saturday, a week ahead of the main vote, the country's first since March 2010 parliamentary polls. |
| Posted by:Fred |