Sunday, October 25, 2009

Suicide bombs kill 132 in Baghdad

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Reuters, here

"Two suicide bombs tore through Baghdad on Sunday, killing 132 people, wounding more than 500 ......

The two blasts shredded buildings and smoke billowed from the area near the Tigris River. The first bomb targeted the Justice Ministry and the second, minutes later, was aimed at the nearby provincial government building, police said.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office said that the bombs were meant to sow chaos in Iraq similar to attacks on August 19 against the finance and foreign ministries, and were aimed at stopping a parliamentary election in January.....

The attacks raise doubts about the Iraqi forces' ability to take over overall security from U.S. soldiers who pulled out of Iraqi city centers in June ahead of a complete withdrawal from the country by the end of 2011."

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