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Suicide Car Bombings, Other Attacks in Iraq Kill 23
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=1407231:A6F02AD83191E1608758A26E1B37E7099574F7DCC14957C0 Iraq has seen a
spike in violence in recent weeks, with hundreds of bodies found
tortured and killed execution-style in Baghdad





Iraqi medics transfer an injured in a suicide bomb attack, to
hospital, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2006Authorities 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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