Four suicide bombers kill scores in Iraq

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Four suicide bombers kill scores in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Scores of people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Kirkuk and Baghdad created havoc in Iraq Monday.

A suicide bomber helped kill at least 36 people and wounded 116 others after detonating explosives during a rally in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a police official told CNN.

Thousands of Kurds had gathered in central Kirkuk to protest an election law that was passed by the Iraqi parliament last week but rejected by the Iraqi presidency council.

During the rally, the suicide bomber detonated in the midst of demonstrators before gunmen started firing on the crowd from different directions, the official said.

The Kurdish opposition stems from intense political disputes among the Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens in the Kirkuk region, which is regarded by the Kurds as a majority Kurdish region.


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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html

[mwb970]

1. We're winning! We're winning!

The surge worked! The surge worked!

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2. yep, it's just a walk in the park over there now...

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