Bomb attacks rattle through Mosul
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:12:58 GMT


Terror-fueled violence continues to plague Iraq as the dispute over key government posts prevents major political parties from reaching a power-sharing deal.

Six civilians were wounded in an attack aimed at an army patrol in east of Mosul, in the northern Nineveh province, a police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

In a separate incident, a roadside bomb blast targeted a police vehicle passing through the al-Boursa region in western Mosul, injuring two cops.

Elsewhere, a strong explosion hit Fallujah's northern neighborhood of al-Saqlawiya on Monday evening, said a police source who did not give more details on the number of casualties.

An Iraqi judge survived an assassination attempt also on Monday, when a bomb stuck to Judge Ali Hanoun's car exploded after the judge left his car in front of his house in the provincial capital al-Amarah, in the southeast province of Maysan.

Violence has picked again after a period of relative quiet in Iraq while politicians have not yet managed to agree on the formation of a new government months into the inconclusive March 7 elections.

Former Premier Iyad Allawi's al-Iraqiya bloc ended up in the first place with 91 seats out of the parliament's 325 seats, followed by Maliki's State of Law with 89. The Iraqi National Alliance secured 70 seats, and the Iraqi Kurdish Alliance garnered 43 seats.

The results from the fraud-tainted general elections, however, did not give any slates the parliamentary majority they needed to secure an outright win.

The rival blocs have not yet managed to agree on a power-sharing deal and the major posts of president, prime minister and parliament speaker are still to be decided on.

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