| Page 3 of 3 < |
Iraqi Cabinet Backs U.S. Security Deal
|
TOOLBOX
   Resize
COMMENT
 Discussion Policy
 CLOSE
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.
Who's Blogging  |
Nine cabinet members did not attend the session because it was called on short notice and they were out of the country or otherwise unavailable, officials said.
Violence in Iraq has declined sharply in the past year, but bombings and assassinations are still common.
A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle near an Iraqi police checkpoint northeast of the city of Baqubah on Sunday, killing seven police officers and wounding three civilians, according to Col. Raghib al-U'meirie, a spokesman for the provincial police.
In Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded in the northern Shaab neighborhood near a checkpoint manned by police and members of the Sons of Iraq, a U.S.-established group of mostly Sunni neighborhood guards.
Three of the guards were killed, police said.
Outside the southern town of Hilla, a booby-trapped car exploded in front of the house of a suburban mayor, killing a police officer, said Cap. Muthana Ahmad of the local police.
Special correspondent Saad Sarhan in Najaf and a special correspondent in Baqubah contributed to this report.
