AlArabia net
BAGHDAD (Agencies)
At least 30 people were killed and 70 others wounded when a car bomb ripped through a busy market in southern Iraq on Wednesday, a local official said.The death toll from the explosion in the town of al-Bathaa, 30 km (20 miles) west of Nassariya, could rise, said Akram al-Tamimi, media manager of the provincial council of Nassariya.
The sectarian bloodshed and insurgency unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion has fallen sharply across Iraq since its peak in 2006/07, and the Shiite Muslim south has tended to be one of the quietest areas.But insurgents, including al-Qaeda, continue to carry out devastating car and suicide bomb attacks. Analysts say violence is likely to rise ahead of parliamentary elections next January.The withdrawal from Iraqi city centers by U.S. combat troops at the end of the month is another potential trigger point for an increase in attacks, Iraqi officials say.
BAGHDAD (Agencies)
At least 30 people were killed and 70 others wounded when a car bomb ripped through a busy market in southern Iraq on Wednesday, a local official said.The death toll from the explosion in the town of al-Bathaa, 30 km (20 miles) west of Nassariya, could rise, said Akram al-Tamimi, media manager of the provincial council of Nassariya.
The sectarian bloodshed and insurgency unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion has fallen sharply across Iraq since its peak in 2006/07, and the Shiite Muslim south has tended to be one of the quietest areas.But insurgents, including al-Qaeda, continue to carry out devastating car and suicide bomb attacks. Analysts say violence is likely to rise ahead of parliamentary elections next January.The withdrawal from Iraqi city centers by U.S. combat troops at the end of the month is another potential trigger point for an increase in attacks, Iraqi officials say.
0 comments:
Post a Comment