Gunmen kill 11 workers on bus in Iraq
(AP)
Updated: 2006-05-10 18:49
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying
Iraqi civilians to work on Wednesday, then planted a bomb aboard the vehicle
that exploded when rescue workers arrived, an official said. In all, 11 Iraqis
were killed and six wounded.
An Iraqi soldier inspects the blindfolds on
some of 16 suspected insurgents who are detained by Iraqi military near
Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Tuesday, May 9,
2006. Large quantities of ammunition, improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
and mortar shells were recovered in a joint US-Iraqi Army operation in
Baqouba on Tuesday, police said. [AP] |
Elsewhere, seven Iraqis were killed in other attacks, including four off-duty
policemen in Ramadi, officials said Wednesday.
The violence followed a suicide truck bomb attack in a crowded market in Tal
Afar late Tuesday, which killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 130 in
a city cited by
President Bush as a success story in battling insurgents.
Meanwhile, leaders of Sunni-Arab, Shiite and Kurdish
tribes were holding a conference in Baghdad to discuss ways of promoting unity
in Iraq and reducing sectarian violence. U.N. envoy Ashraf Qazi was invited but
was out of the country.
Legislators also met in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to discuss
procedural issues such as the formation of parliamentary committees.
Incoming Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Tuesday that he had almost
finished assembling a Cabinet, the final step in establishing a national unity
government. U.S. officials had predicted insurgents would step up attacks to try
to block the new administration.
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said al-Maliki would
soon launch a four-part plan to restore order by securing Baghdad, Basra and
eight other cities, promoting reconciliation, building public confidence in the
police, and army and disbanding sectarian militias.
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