Twin Blasts Leave 12 Dead in Iraqi City

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Source: New York Times

Twin Blasts Leave 12 Dead in Iraqi City
By TIM ARANGO
Published: July 28, 2011

BAGHDAD — Two explosions struck outside a bank in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s hometown, on Thursday, just as soldiers were lining up to cash their paychecks. The first report on casualties indicated that 12 people died and 28 were wounded, according to a local official.

The first blast was a car bomb, which exploded in a parking area adjacent to the bank. As people rushed to the scene, the second blast came when a man in military uniform wearing an explosives-laden vest detonated himself. While the attack appeared to target the army soldiers lining up at the bank, most of the casualties were civilians, according to an official.

The attack punctuated weeks of relative calm here as Ramadan approaches. Over the last several months, the main security threat in Baghdad has been assassinations of government officials and military officers, many by silenced weapons.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

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