Two Iraqis killed, 10 injured in car bomb explosion in Kirkuk

[leftchick]

IRBIL, June 23 (KUNA) -- Two Iraqis were killed and 10 others injured in a car bomb explosion, south Kirkuk on Thursday, Iraqi police reported.

Iraqi police sources said, the car exploded early today in front of a gas station killing two Iraqis, one of them was a police officer, and ten others were injured and transported to the hospital.

Iraq has been witnessing a spate of violent actions since the US-led coalition liberated the country from the former regime of Saddam Hussein.

Violence claimed the lives of thousands of coalition forces, Iraqi forces and civilians. (pickup previous) sbr.


http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=745492

[maddezmom]

1. Over 30 dead in Baghdad bombs after Brussels talks

By Waleed Ibrahim and Lutfi Abu Oun

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four car bombs shook Baghdad after dawn on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens in the second wave of attacks within hours, police said.

After dark on Wednesday a triple car bombing claimed by al Qaeda hit a mainly Shi'ite district of the city, killing 18, following meetings in Brussels between the new Shi'ite-led government, its U.S. sponsors and other foreign powers.

Police said a suicide car bomber killed three policemen and seven civilians when he drove at their patrol in the central commercial district of Karrada around 7 a.m. (0300 GMT). A second, similar attack killed seven civilians, they added.

Two other cars exploded in the same area, each several minutes apart, one near a Shi'ite mosque. Police and medical sources put the number of wounded at between 23 and 50.

Insurgents who have killed some 1,200 people, including over 120 U.S. soldiers, since the Shi'ite-led government was formed two months ago draw much of their strength from the Sunni Arab minority that dominated Iraq under Saddam Hussein.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050623/ts_nm/iraq_wrap_dc_4

[leftchick]

2. The photos from Yahoo today are just awful...

The word horrific comes to mind. They show the little boy whose leg was blown off too. :(



Iraqis gather in front of destroyed shops in Baghdad, Iraq at the scene of a morning double car bomb which killed at least 15 and wounded 28 more Thursday June 23, 2005. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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