Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Bomb attacks in Iraq kill at least 25

BBC News Middle East  17 December 2012

Boys walk past the scene of a bomb blast in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq (17 December 2012)
Two bombs exploded in a Shia district of Tuz Khurmatu

At least 25 people have been killed in a series of bomb blasts across Iraq, officials and medical workers say.

Car and truck bombs were detonated mainly in ethnically diverse towns and villages in northern Iraq.

The area is a source of dispute between the Iraqi government and the Kurdish minority, which governs an autonomous region in the north.

The attacks mark a second consecutive day of violence in the region, though it is unclear who is behind them.

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