Bombs kill 20 in Iraq's Kirkuk

[Scurrilous]

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"A suicide truck bomb and two car bombs killed 20 people and wounded 65 in the ethnically-mixed Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.

In the deadliest blast, a suicide attacker driving a truck rigged with explosives blew himself up outside the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the political party of Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, police said.

Two car bomb in separate areas also rocked the oil-rich city north of Baghdad, which is disputed by Sunni Arabs and ethnic Kurds. Settling Kirkuk's final status is regarded as one of post-war Iraq's most sensitive issues. The city has seen considerable sectarian violence."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/17/AR2006091700098.html

[maddezmom]

1. nothing to see here

it's not a civil war, just a recent uptick in sectarian killings :sarcasm:

[xchrom]

2. mission accomplished!

i see that this article ALMOST comes close to talking about the spreading violence in the north.

the american media likes to paint that part of iraq as quiet -- hmmmmph.

[WhiteTara]

3. Suicide truck bomb kills 21 in Iraq - Kirkuk

http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Newiraq&slug=Truck+bomb+kills+21+in+Iraq&id=93337&callid=1

A series of bombings and mortar attacks, including two suicide bombings in the northern city of Kirkuk, killed at least 27 people and wounded 80 others on Sunday.

A suicide truck bomb exploded in Kirkuk, 290 km north of Baghdad, in an attack that left at least 18 people dead and another 55 wounded.
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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is run by Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, while the president of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, runs the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

A few hours later, a suicide car bomb rammed into a joint US-Iraqi army patrol in the south of the city, killing at least three bystanders and wounding eight others, police said.

In separate attacks in Kirkuk, a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in the south of the city, killing two civilians and wounding four. Another roadside bomb also targeting a police patrol in another part of the city wounded three civilians. (AP)

another shitty day in paradise

[otohara]

4. Where's The Security

in having the US forces there?