Suicide Car Bombings, Other Attacks in Iraq Kill 23
20 September 2006
Authorities in Iraq say at least 23 people have been killed and many more wounded in a series of insurgent attacks in Baghdad and other parts of the country.
Baghdad police say at least six people were killed and 10 others wounded in two separate attacks early Wednesday.
A police station in a Sunni Arab district of the capital was hit by a suicide car bomb blast and there also was a mortar attack in central Baghdad.
To the north, at least 17 people were killed in two separate bombings in al-Sharqat town, 100 kilometers north of Tikrit, the hometown of Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein.
Iraq has seen a spike in violence in recent weeks, with hundreds of bodies found tortured and killed execution-style in Baghdad.
The top U.S. commander in the Middle East, General John Abizaid, told reporters Tuesday that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq - currently more than 140,000 soldiers - most likely will not be reduced until at least the middle of next year.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.
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