A suicide car bomber targeted a police checkpoint on a road leading to the headquarters of the political party of the Iraqi interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, in Baghdad yesterday, just minutes before party leaders had been due to hold a news conference to unveil candidates for the election set for January 30.
At least two people were killed and 23 wounded.
Dr Allawi was not near the scene of the attack and was safe, a government official said.
Three vehicles were seen burning at the checkpoint on Zaytoun Street, which leads to the National Accord party headquarters.
Reuters article at Fairfax Digital
At least two people were killed and 23 wounded.
Dr Allawi was not near the scene of the attack and was safe, a government official said.
Three vehicles were seen burning at the checkpoint on Zaytoun Street, which leads to the National Accord party headquarters.
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On Sunday, two suicide bombers detonated a car bomb alongside a bus carrying Iraqi national guards to a base in Balad, 80 kilometres north of Baghdad, killing 29 people and igniting angry sectarian accusations between the city's Shiite population and its Sunni police force.
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In the nearby city of Sharqat, guerillas on Sunday blew up the government building that was intended for use as a polling centre. Reuters reported that all 12 members of the election committee in Baiji, to the north, resigned after receiving death threats.
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