Iraq Finance Ministry to resume work following blast - Summary

Sun, 13 Dec 2009

Baghdad - Iraq's Finance Ministry will resume its work in the coming days, according to a statement Sunday, following last week's series of deadly car bombs, which killed 132 people and damaged ministry offices. The announcement came as a session in parliament was underway in which security officials and ministers were present to discuss the coordinated attacks, which also left 500 people injured.

Legislators have been calling for a sweeping overhaul of the security services. Prime Minister Nuri al-Malaki has been the target of criticism from various factions for the security breaches.

As the debate went on, attacks continued in various areas of the country.

Two people were killed when a car bomb targeted a senior military official Sunday in Fallujah, some 60 kilometers west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security officials said.

Officials said a child was believed to be among the dead. Eleven people were injured in the blast, including Colonel Asaad al-Shamri.

Meanwhile, a civilian was killed and four were injured when unknown gunmen triggered an explosion in the home of a policeman, officials said.

Earlier, two soldiers were killed and 21 injured when a car bomb exploded near an Iraqi army facility in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

The bomb had been placed in a parked car at a military recruitment center.

Mosul, some 400 kilometers north of the capital Baghdad, is among the most dangerous areas in Iraq, where insurgents carrying out near- daily attacks.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/299119,iraq-finance-ministry-to-resume-work-following-blast--summary.html.