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Car Bomb Kills 2, Hurts 7 In Kirkuk 30.7.2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq , -- A car packed with explosives
exploded near the U.S. consulate in Kirkuk
(Kurdistan-Iraq), killing two Iraqis and wounding
seven others, Iraqi police said Sunday.
No Americans were injured in the explosion late
Saturday in eastern Kirkuk, said police Col. Burhan
Tayeb.
It was the seventh car bombing this month in Kirkuk,
where tensions are rising among Arabs, Kurds and
Turkomen for control of the area's vast oil wealth.
In Baghdad, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned
television stations against broadcasting footage
that could undermine the country's stability.
A statement by the prime minister's office cited
news reports that "capitalize on the footage of
victims of terrorist attacks." He called on media
outlets to "respect the dignity of human beings and
not to fall in the trap set up by terrorist groups
who want to petrify the Iraqi people."
The statement said the government will take legal
action against television stations that do not
uphold the code of media ethics. The statement did
not elaborate, but it fell short of an earlier al-Maliki
warning that he will not hesitate to "shut them down
if they do not stop inciting sectarianism."
There has been an increase in biased reporting by
Shiite and Sunni television stations that focus on
the suffering of their communities — often with
little mention of the other.
In August 2004, the government closed the Baghdad
news office of Al-Jazeera television, accusing the
station of inciting violence. The office is still
closed but the station operates in the Kurdish-ruled
area of the north.
Earlier this month, in a visit to Kurdistan, al-Maliki
refused to answer a question by an Al-Jazeera
correspondent and reportedly rebuked Kurdish
officials for allowing the network to operate there.
In November 2003, the U.S.-appointed Governing
Council banned the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television
station from reporting from Baghdad after it aired
an audio tape said to be from Saddam Hussein, who
was still at large. The station was allowed to
resume its work shortly afterward.
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Kirkuk city is not under the full control of
Kurdistan Regional Government administration. The
future of the area of Kirkuk will now be decided
directly by the local population in a referendum in
2007.
AP
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