IRAQ: Blast on political party headquarters is latest in series of attacks in Baghdad

Record ID: 353081

  • Title: IRAQ: Blast on political party headquarters is latest in series of attacks in Baghdad
  • Date: 16th February 2010
  • Summary: QAHIRA NEIGHBOURHOOD, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 15, 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HEADQUARTERS OF COALITION OF FREE LABOUR AND NATIONAL SALVATION IN NORTHERN BAGHDAD SIGN ON WALL READING "HEADQUARTER OF WORK AND FREE NATIONAL SALVATION COALITION" MAIN GATE OF HQ/ DAMAGED FENCE DAMAGED CIVILIAN CAR INSIDE HQ/ MEN BESIDE CRASHED REAR WINDOW OF CIVILIAN CAR SMASHED GLASS CO
  • Embargoed: 3rd March 2010 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAD8GA7URVLK6U18F7P3WF4G2ST
  • Story Text: A blast at a candidate polling headquarters wounds one in northern Baghdad while two bombs kill one and wound three in southern Baghdad.
    A bomb attack which targeted the headquarter building of a political party in northern Baghdad wounded one guard, damaged the building and wrecked two vehicles, police said on Monday (February 15).
    The attack targeted the headquarter of Coalition of Free Labour and National Salvation in the al-Qahira neighbourhood of northern Baghdad.
    "Today, this official headquarter in Baghdad was exposed to a fierce attack by some sides that do not work for the good in Iraq, causing these damages. There are some guards who were slightly wounded," said Bilal al-Khafaji, head of Coalition of Free Labour And National Salvation.
    Earlier, two bombs that were planted near electricity generator in southern Baghdad killed one civilian and wounding three others, police said.
    A string of bombings targeted groups taking part in Iraq's March election late on Saturday, wounding seven people, an Interior Ministry official said.
    The attacks stoke fears that violence may mar what is expected to be fiercely contested March 7 parliamentary vote.
    Overall violence has fallen sharply in Iraq in the last two years, but huge bombings have rocked the country in recent months. Al Qaeda and members of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Sunni-dominated Baath party have been blamed.
    Iraqi and U.S. officials hope the election will solidify the country's young democracy ahead of a U.S. military withdrawal due by the end of 2011, by drawing former insurgents and militias into the political process.
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