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KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Mon May 23, 2005 7:28
AM
A car bomb exploded on Monday near the convoy of a
Kurdish official in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu
south of Kirkuk, killing at least five people and
wounding 18, police said.
They said several people in the convoy of the
official, Mohammed Mahmoud Jigareti of the Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan, had been killed and wounded, but
Jigareti had survived.
Police said it was not yet clear whether the blast
had been a suicide attack.
Reuters 2005
SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES N IRAQ
A suicide truck bomb has killed at least five people
in northern Iraq, as US and Iraqi forces rounded up
hundreds of insurgents in Baghdad.
The bomber struck outside the mayor’s office in the
town of Tuz Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk.
Police said the dead include the brother of a senior
official in one of Iraq's main Kurdish parties, the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Earlier, three suicide bombers have attacked an
American military base in Samarra, 95 kilometres
north of Baghdad, killing two Iraqis and injuring
nine people.
Two suicide bombers detonated their car bombs at
about 7am outside a US base in downtown Samarra,
Major Richard Goldenberg said.
A third militant approached the scene wearing an
explosives-packed vest and was shot by soldiers, but
still managed to set off his bomb, killing himself
but causing no other injuries or damage.
US and Iraqi security forces quickly cordoned off
the area, blocking all vehicle and pedestrian
traffic out of apparent fear that further terrorist
attacks could be launched against the base.
Meanwhile, US forces says almost 300 suspected
insurgents were detained overnight on Sunday in the
largest joint US-Iraqi military offensive in
Baghdad.
The ongoing offensive, dubbed Operation Squeeze
Play, is centring on western Baghdad's Abu Ghraib
district and targeting militants suspected of
attacking the US detention facility there.
It was also aimed at preventing attacks on the road
linking downtown Baghdad to the international
airport, a military statement said.
News agencies
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