மத்திய பாக்தாதில் பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்கியதில் 5 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டனர்.
Car bomb in Baghdad kills five, wounds 20 (Roundup)
Jul 28, 2007, 14:03 GMT
Baghdad - The death toll in a car bombing in central Baghdad Saturday rose to five, with 20 more persons injured, the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) reported, citing a police source.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity told VOI 'five people were killed and 20 injured, all of whom are civilians.'
The source added that a number of private vehicles were damaged by the explosion.
Meanwhile in Basra, a statement by the Multi-National Force (MNF) in southern Iraq said the MNF killed two gunmen in clashes in northern Basra on Friday night.
'A British patrol came under attack with light weapons in the area of Karma. The British soldiers fired back, killing two gunmen,' the spokesman for the MNF in southern Iraq said in a statement received by VOI on Saturday.
There were no British casualties in the clashes that took place 15 kilometres north of Basra, the source added.
'All British camps in Basra came under indirect fire attacks during the past 24 hours but caused no casualties or damage,' the source also said.
Elsewhere in the country, on Saturday US troops captured 16 alleged Qaeda in Iraq members during raids in the northern cities of Tarmiyah and Samarra, an MNF statement said.
'Coalition Forces conducted two coordinated raids south of Tarmiyah targeting associates of high-level al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders,' the MNF statement said, according to VOI.
'The ground forces detained six suspected terrorists for their ties to al-Qaeda in Iraq operations,' it added.
'In Samarra, Coalition Forces raided four buildings in search of an alleged key terrorist leader and close associate of the local al- Qaeda in Iraq emir.
'The ground forces captured the targeted individual, who is also an alleged bomb-maker and involved in kidnappings, assassinations and extortion operations. Four other suspected terrorists were detained with him,' the MNF statement said.
On the political front, the attack launched on Friday against the Sunni National Accordance Front (NAF) by government spokesman Ali al- Dabbagh, continued to dominate the political scene.
On Saturday, the ANF issued a statement denouncing the attack.
'We vehemently denounce the statement issued by the Government Spokesman, and the lies and distortions it included, especially against public figures known for their integrity and patriotism,' the statement said, according to VOI.
Al-Dabbagh had accused the NAF of political blackmail, and attacked personally Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi claiming he was pursuing a (Sunni) sectarian agenda.
Earlier in the week the NAF - which has six ministers and 44 seats in parliament - said that it was suspending its participation in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government, and that it was considering pulling out of the ruling coalition in a week's time.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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