IRAQ : SEVERAL KILLED IN MANY ATTACKS A Kurdish leader, a leading political aide and two US bases were targeted by the insurgents across Iraq, many people were wounded and killed.
According to the police, a car bomb exploded south of Kirkuk killing at least five people and wounding 18 others.
Two groups of armed men killed a top aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's cabinet and his driver in Baghdad, police said.
Three bombers also attacked an American military base in Mosul wounding three US soldiers, and killing two Iraqis.
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Il Romanaccio at 1:24 PM