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Twin bombings hit Iraq
A suicide bomber rams a bomb-laden car into a crowded market in Kirkuk minutes after a car bomb blast in the area, killing at least 10 people and wounding 60 others as US officials challenge US President George W. Bush's plan to send in more troops.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 February 17, 2007
- Image Credit: AP
- Iraqi policemen search a carload of men driving during a vehicle ban during a patrol in the Shaab neighbourhood in Baghdad.
Kirkuk: A crowded market in Kirkuk is the latest target of two suicide car bomb attacks that killed at least 10 people and wounding 60 others on Saturday, police said.
The first blast came from a car rigged with explosives, followed by a suicide attacker who drove a bomb-laden car into the area.
Hospital officials said most of those wounded in the explosions are in serious condition.
The blasts also damaged about 20 shops in Kirkuk's Rahim Awa distric. Several cars were burnt out.
Officials fear violence may increase outside Baghdad as US and Iraqi forces step up a crackdown on insurgents and militias in the city.
Meanwhile, US officials have raised a symbolic challenge to US President George W. Bush's plan to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq, voting on Friday for a resolution against the unpopular war strategy.
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