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7 die in Iraq car bomb attacks
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February 10, 2011, Thursday
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THREE car bombs killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80 in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk yesterday, police and hospital sources said.
Two of the explosions in a residential area of southern Kirkuk, 250 kilometers north of Baghdad, were aimed at police, in the latest of a series of attacks by insurgents as United States troops prepare to withdraw by the end of this year.
A police source said the first blast wounded an Iraqi police official, while the second was aimed at a police patrol. The third was outside a building used by Kurdish security forces.
"Three car bombs exploded in quick succession. We are on high alert now and fear there may be more car bombs," the source said.
"We've sealed the areas around where the explosions occurred, we are evacuating the wounded and we have intensified searches at checkpoints in other areas to prevent any other car bombs."
A police official said many cars and houses had been damaged and firefighters were trying to put out blazes.
While violence in Iraq has declined sharply from the height of sectarian warfare in 2006 to 2007, bombings still occur daily.
Kirkuk sits on rich oil reserves and is one of the territories in dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government and Iraq's central government.
Kurds want the city included in their semi-autonomous northern area while Baghdad also lays claim to the region.
Two of the explosions in a residential area of southern Kirkuk, 250 kilometers north of Baghdad, were aimed at police, in the latest of a series of attacks by insurgents as United States troops prepare to withdraw by the end of this year.
A police source said the first blast wounded an Iraqi police official, while the second was aimed at a police patrol. The third was outside a building used by Kurdish security forces.
"Three car bombs exploded in quick succession. We are on high alert now and fear there may be more car bombs," the source said.
"We've sealed the areas around where the explosions occurred, we are evacuating the wounded and we have intensified searches at checkpoints in other areas to prevent any other car bombs."
A police official said many cars and houses had been damaged and firefighters were trying to put out blazes.
While violence in Iraq has declined sharply from the height of sectarian warfare in 2006 to 2007, bombings still occur daily.
Kirkuk sits on rich oil reserves and is one of the territories in dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government and Iraq's central government.
Kurds want the city included in their semi-autonomous northern area while Baghdad also lays claim to the region.
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