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发帖数: 3620 | 1 Deadly wave of bombings across Iraq ahead of elections
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN
Baghdad (CNN) -- A series of bomb blasts across Iraq on Monday killed at
least 42 people and wounded more than 257 others, police said.
The attacks took place in at least six provinces: Baghdad, Anbar, Babel,
Kirkuk, Salaheddin Diyala, and Nasriya, police officials across the country
told CNN.
Two of the bombs exploded at a checkpoint near Baghdad's international
airport.
Most of the attacks in Baghdad targeted Shiite areas, police told CNN. Al
Qaeda in Iraq, made up of Sunni extremists, has claimed responsibility for
many attacks in recent months.
Attacks elsewhere hit security checkpoints, Shiite areas and political
offices.
With provincial elections scheduled to take place in five days, ongoing
attacks have politicians worried that violence could skew the outcome, if
Iraqis who fear attacks on polling centers stay at home. |
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