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Series of attacks kills 31 in Iraq
by Staff Writers
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 9, 2012

Iraq attacks kill nine people
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Sept 7, 2012 - Attacks in Iraq, including a series of apparently coordinated bombings against Shiite places of worship in the north, killed at least nine people on Friday, security and medical officials said.

A car bomb targeted the Khezal al-Tamimi husseiniyah, or Shiite place of worship, in central Kirkuk at about 12:55 pm (0955 GMT), followed by a bombing at Imam Ali husseiniyah in the city's northeast, and three bombings at Al-Mustafa husseiniyah in south Kirkuk, security and medical officials said.

A roadside bomb meanwhile exploded at Al-Ahmedi Sunni mosque.

Sadiq Omar Rasul, the head of Kirkuk health directorate, told AFP that eight people were killed and 80 wounded in the attacks.

And in Baquba, north of Baghdad, gunmen armed with silenced weapons shot dead a soldier while a woman and two children were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded outside their house in Saadiyah, further east, security and medical officials said.

An AFP correspondent saw the burned bodies of two children and dozens of burned-out cars at Al-Mustafa husseiniyah in Kirkuk.

Hadi Qanbar, who had been praying at Al-Mustafa husseiniyah, said that worshippers were told about the attack on Khezal al-Tamimi and began to leave.

"But when we left, explosions happened one after another," he said. "We do not know why we were targeted."

Azhar Kamal, who was also at Al-Mustafa husseiniyah, said: "We put the blood of the victims on the hands of the prime minister, and we ask him to protect the people of Kirkuk."

Hassan Hussein, who was at Khezal al-Tamimi at the time of the attack, said the explosion happened behind the husseiniyah.

"We saw our brothers and friends killed and wounded by this explosion," he said.

Khezal al-Tamimi husseiniyah is the site of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's main office in Kirkuk.

Violence in Iraq is down dramatically from its peak between 2006 and 2008, but attacks remain common with 278 people killed in August, according to an AFP tally based on reports from security officials and medics.


A series of at least 10 attacks across Iraq, including a bombing at a state-owned oil company, killed 31 people and wounded more than 80 others, security and medical officials said on Sunday.

The latest violence brings the number of people killed in attacks so far this month to 61, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical sources.

The deadliest attack saw gunmen open fire on an Iraqi army checkpoint near Balad north of Baghdad shortly before midnight on Saturday, followed by a roadside bomb that exploded when additional soldiers arrived.

Eleven soldiers, including two officers, were killed and eight others were wounded, an army colonel and a medical source at Balad hospital said.

On Sunday a car bomb exploded about 7:30 am (0430 GMT) in a car park at the rear gate of the state-owned North Oil Company, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the northern city of Kirkuk, killing seven people and wounding 17 others, a high-ranking police officer and Dr Othman Abdul Rahman said.

The victims were seeking to join a force that guards oil facilities, the officer said.

The North Oil Company is responsible for oil exports from northern Iraq.

In Hawija, west of Kirkuk, a car bomb wounded two people, security and medical sources said.

Volatile, oil-rich Kirkuk province is part of a swathe of disputed territory in northern Iraq that the autonomous Kurdistan region wants to incorporate against Baghdad's wishes.

Attacks in Tuz Khurmatu, 175 kilometres (110 miles) north of Baghdad killed four people and wounded 31, its mayor Shalal Abdul and police Lieutenant Colonel Khaled al-Bayati said.

A car bomb targeted a convoy of Abdul's bodyguards, wounding 10 people, followed by a roadside bomb near a police station that killed two people and wounded 20.

And gunmen shot dead police Captain Jassem al-Bayati, while Second Lieutenant Ghalib al-Bayati was wounded in the attack.

In the southern port city of Basra, a car bomb in a market killed two people and wounded eight others, according to security and medical officials.

In Nasiriyah, 305 kilometres (190 miles) south of Baghdad, a bomb exploded around 9:00 am (0600 GMT) near the French honorary consulate, causing material damage and wounding an unspecified number of people, a French diplomat said.

Nasiriyah's website put the toll from the bombing at one dead and one wounded.

Meanwhile, a car bomb exploded in front of a hotel in Nasiriyah, killing two people and wounding four others, according to the head of the Nasiriyah hospital Ahmed Abdul Saheb and a security source.

In Tal Afar 380 kilometres (240 miles) northwest of Baghdad, a car bomb exploded about 8:30 am (0530 GMT) killing two people and wounding seven, police First Lieutenant Abed Ghayib and Dr Waad Mohammed from Tal Afar hospital said.

And south of Samarra, a city north of Baghdad, another car bomb killed two police, including Colonel Thair Idris, and wounded two others, a police lieutenant colonel and a medical source said.

Violence in Iraq is down significantly from its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common, and killed 278 people in August according to an AFP tally based on security and medical officials.

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Car bomb at Iraq North Oil Company kills seven
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Sept 9, 2012 - A car bomb near Kirkuk city at the headquarters of Iraq's North Oil Company killed seven people and wounded 17 others on Sunday, a high-ranking police officer and a doctor said.

The bomb exploded about 7:30 am (0430 GMT) in a car park at the rear gate of the state-owned North Oil Company, which is about 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the northern city of Kirkuk, the police officer said.

The blast killed seven people who were seeking to join a force that guards oil facilities, and wounded 17 others, the officer said, a toll confirmed by Dr Othman Abdul Rahman.

The North Oil Company is responsible for oil exports from northern Iraq.

Volatile Kirkuk province, which is rich in both oil and ethnic tension, is part of a swathe of disputed territory in northern Iraq that the autonomous Kurdistan region wants to incorporate against Baghdad's wishes.

Sunday's violence comes after a series attacks in Kirkuk city, including apparently coordinated bombings against Shiite places of worship, killed eight people and wounded 80 on Friday.

Violence in Iraq is down significantly from its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common, killing 278 people in August, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical officials.

Bomb explodes near French consulate in Iraq
Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Sept 9, 2012 - A bomb exploded on Sunday near the honorary French consulate in Nasiriyah, south of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding another, the city's website and a French diplomat said.

According to the diplomat, the bomb exploded about 9:00 am (0600 GMT), before the honorary consul arrived, causing material damage and wounding an unspecified number of people.

Nasiriyah's website put the toll from the bombing at one dead and one wounded.

Violence in Iraq is down significantly from its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common, killing 278 people in August, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical officials.

Attack on checkpoint kills 11 Iraqi soldiers
Samarra, Iraq (AFP) Sept 9, 2012 - A shooting and bombing against an Iraqi army checkpoint north of Baghdad killed 11 soldiers and wounded eight others, an army officer and a medical official said on Sunday.

Gunmen opened fire on the checkpoint near Balad shortly before midnight on Saturday, followed by a roadside bomb that exploded when other soldiers arrived at the scene, an army colonel said.

The attack killed 11 soldiers, including two officers, and wounded eight others, the colonel and the medical source at Balad hospital said.

Violence in Iraq is down significantly from its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks, which frequently target Iraqi security forces, remain common.

In August, 278 people were killed in attacks, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical officials.



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