Developments in Iraq on May 7
May 7 (Reuters) - Following are security and political developments in Iraq on Sunday as of 0730 GMT.
Iraq is forming a new government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions are running high after the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February, which unleashed a wave of reprisal attacks.
KERBALA - A car bomb killed 21 people and wounded 52 near the central bus station in Kerbala, police said.
BAGHDAD - Eight people were killed and 15 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted an Iraqi army patrol in the capital's Aadhamiya district, police said. The casualties included both soldiers and civilians.
BAGHDAD - One civilian was killed and six were wounded when a car bomb exploded in northern Baghdad, police said. The target of the explosion was not clear.
BASRA - Five people were killed and 42 wounded on Saturday during clashes between British forces and youths after a British helicopter came down in the southern city of Basra, the local health service said.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of 42 people, many of them showing signs of torture, were found in Baghdad in the 24 hours from Saturday morning, an Interior Ministry source said. These included eight bodies found on Sunday at a garbage dump near the Kindi hospital in eastern Baghdad.
MAHAWEEL - A civilian was wounded on Saturday when Iraqi troops opened fire in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Details of the incident were unclear.
MOSUL - Three policemen were killed when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
ARBIL - The Kurdish parliament convened to ratify a new government of Kurdistan, uniting the governments run by the rival KDP and PUK parties in different parts of the region.
BAGHDAD - President Jalal Talabani and others are engaged in continuing negotiations with Prime Minister-designate Nuri al- Maliki, who is trying to form a national unity government.
Iraq is forming a new government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions are running high after the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February, which unleashed a wave of reprisal attacks.
KERBALA - A car bomb killed 21 people and wounded 52 near the central bus station in Kerbala, police said.
BAGHDAD - Eight people were killed and 15 wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted an Iraqi army patrol in the capital's Aadhamiya district, police said. The casualties included both soldiers and civilians.
BAGHDAD - One civilian was killed and six were wounded when a car bomb exploded in northern Baghdad, police said. The target of the explosion was not clear.
BASRA - Five people were killed and 42 wounded on Saturday during clashes between British forces and youths after a British helicopter came down in the southern city of Basra, the local health service said.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of 42 people, many of them showing signs of torture, were found in Baghdad in the 24 hours from Saturday morning, an Interior Ministry source said. These included eight bodies found on Sunday at a garbage dump near the Kindi hospital in eastern Baghdad.
MAHAWEEL - A civilian was wounded on Saturday when Iraqi troops opened fire in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Details of the incident were unclear.
MOSUL - Three policemen were killed when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
ARBIL - The Kurdish parliament convened to ratify a new government of Kurdistan, uniting the governments run by the rival KDP and PUK parties in different parts of the region.
BAGHDAD - President Jalal Talabani and others are engaged in continuing negotiations with Prime Minister-designate Nuri al- Maliki, who is trying to form a national unity government.
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