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Truck bombing kills 12 in Baghdad
A truck bomb exploded during rush hour yesterday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said.
The explosives-packed small truck blew up some 200 yards away from a passport office in a Sunni Arab district, a police officer said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media
At least two women were among the dead, the officer said. The wounded included four women and three policemen, he added. Health authorities confirmed the casualties
It was the first major bombing in Baghdad since last Monday, when three suicide bombers killed more than 30 people and wounded hundreds during a Shia religious I procession.
Sunday's attack came just hours before Iraq's parliament is sched uled to convene a special session aimed at defusing tension over ' Kurdish demands to incorporate
the oil-rich Kirkuk area into their autonomous region in Iraq's north.
The dispute over Kirkuk and its vast oil wealth has blocked passage of legislation providing for provincial elections this year, a major US goal aimed at reconciling Iraq's rival ethnic and religious communities.
More than 1.000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomcn rallied Saturday against Kurdish demands in the (own of Hawija, near Kirkuk. Tension is high, after a suicide bomb attack killed 25 people last week during a Kurdish protest.
"I hope they can reach a solution that fits all parties and prevents the situation from dctcriorat • ing further," said Yelman Ayad, a 59-year-old Turkoman who sells spare car parts in Kirkuk.
"The mistakes of politicians brought us to this stage. Our social fabric was tom up in Kirkuk, and this is very dangerous for all of Iraq." Ayad said.
Scrwan AJimed. a 35-year old Kurd, also called on the lawmakers to reach consensus. "They have to settle all their differences, otherwise it will lead to a crisis in all Iraqi cities," he said.
Last month. Iraq's parliament approved legislation to hold elections for local councils in all 18 provinces. includingTamim. where Kirkuk is located.
The measure said seats on the ruling council in the Kirkuk area should be divided equally among Kurds. Turkoman and Arabs It would also transfer security responsibilities in Kirkuk to mostly Arab military units brought from central and southern Iraq instead of those already there an apparent move against Kurdish troops heavily deployed in the area.
But Kurds and their allies, who currently hold a majority on the council, oppose the power-sharing formula. Iraq's three-member presidential council rejected the measure and sent it back to parliament after President Jalal Talabani a Kurd opposed it.
Saicd Saleh al-Jabourl, a 26-year-old Sunni Arab who owns a supermarket in Kirkuk, criticised that step.
"It was a democratic process, why did they reject it?" he asked. "We (Arabs) are against any new resolution that could affect our presence in this city "