Suicide Car Bombings Kill at Least 37 in Iraq
11 October 2005
Iraqi police say at least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded in two suicide car bombings - just four days before a national referendum on a new constitution.
In the deadliest attack, at least 30 people were killed and 45 wounded Tuesday by a suicide car bomber who struck a crowded market in the northwestern town of Tal Afar. In Baghdad, another bomber killed at least seven people at an Iraqi army checkpoint.
U.S. and Iraqi officials have repeatedly warned that insurgents - many of whom are Sunni Arabs - will step up attacks to undermine Saturday's constitutional referendum.
Shi'ite and Kurdish political leaders have been pursuing last-minute negotiations with Sunni political leaders who are concerned their community will be sidelined under the constitution's proposed federal system.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.
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