WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007
20:35 MECCA TIME, 17:35 GMT
Dozens killed in Iraq attacks
Al-Maliki warned on Wednesday of "disastrous consequences" if Iraq
does not stabilise[AFP]
At least 57 people have been killed and more than 120 wounded in bomb
attacks across Iraq, police have said.
In a mainly Shia district of southwest Baghdad, two car bombs on
Wednesday killed about 32 people in one of the deadliest attacks to
hit the Iraq capital in weeks.
The bombs detonated shortly before sunset in the district of Bayaa as
most residents were preparing for an evening meal to break the
day-long fast observed in the month of Ramadan.
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In his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, Nuri al-Maliki,
Iraq's prime minister, meanwhile said that there was still a long way
to go to achieve a stable Iraq.
Al-Maliki said: "We have a long way to achieve our goals for a secure,
stable and prosperous Iraq."
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"We cautioned all countries in the region that the continued overflow
of weapons, money, suicide bombers, and the spreading of 'fatwas'
inciting hatred and murder, will only result in disastrous
consequences for peoples of the region and the world."
In northern Iraq, a suicide bomber killed 10 people and wounded nine
when he struck at the home of a tribal leader opposed to al-Qaeda in
Iraq near the town of Sinjar.
Sheikh Kanan al-Juhaimur, the bomber's apparent target, was wounded.
At the start of Ramadan two weeks ago, al-Qaeda in Iraq vowed to
escalate attacks and specifically said it would target tribal leaders
co-operating with security forces.
Major-General Kevin Bergner, a US military spokesman, said: "This was
an increase that was actually expected some weeks ago given past
upturns in violence during Ramadan."
He said the number of attacks was down from levels seen last year and
roughly in line with 2005.
The main tribal leader working with US forces in Anbar, Abdul Sattar
Abu Risha, was killed two weeks ago in a bombing claimed by al-Qaeda.
The group said others who co-operated with the United States would
share Abu Risha's fate.
More killings
In the city of Mosul, 390km north of Baghdad, residents heard four
explosions in one hour on Wednesday.
Police said three people were killed and 47 were wounded when a
suicide bomber hit a government building under construction. Most of
those killed were construction workers.
Two car bombs at army checkpoints in the east of the city killed one
person and wounded two. Police said they killed another would-be
suicide bomber and defused his explosives.
In the town of Shirqat, south of Mosul, two car bombs targeting local
police killed seven people and wounded five, police said.
A roadside bomb outside a Sunni mosque in the town of Abi Khasib, 8km
south of Basra, killed four people, police and a Sunni political party
said.
Source: Agencies
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