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Bombings Across Iraqi Capital Baghdad Kill 6

   VOA News  23 January 2011
   Workers  sweep  away  debris  after a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, 23 Jan
   2011.

Photo: AP

   Workers  sweep  away  debris  after a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, 23 Jan
   2011.

   Iraqi  officials  say  a  series  of  bombings has killed at least six
   people and wounded some 30 others across Baghdad.
   Officials  said  two  separate car bomb attacks Sunday targeted police
   patrols,  while  another  struck  a bus of Iranian pilgrims.  Several
   people were killed in the blasts, including a policeman.
   Also, just north of the capital in the town of Taji, a car bomb killed
   two people.
   While violence in Iraq has dropped dramatically since a few years ago,
   attacks still remain common across the country.
   Attacks  also  have  increased in the month since Prime Minister Nouri
   al-Maliki  formed  a new government.  He has yet to appoint ministers
   charged with Iraq's defense, interior and national security sector.

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