Amid increasing concerns about the possibility of having to reschedule the January elections, escalating violence in Iraq claims the lives of dozens of Iraqis
08 Kasım 2009 Pazar 02:10
Three people were killed and eight others sustained injuries on Thursday when two well-synchronized explosions ripped through the western Iraqi city of Ramadi.
"A magnetic bomb attached to Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Ali's car left him only slightly wounded," a security official said on condition of anonymity. He added that the second blast inflicted civilian causalities when the explosives concealed in a petrol can went off.
A crowd of onlookers had gathered at the scene of the first bombing when the second blast took place. According to eyewitnesses, the two blasts caused severe damage to vehicles and nearby stores.
Security forces cordoned off the area after the attack and launched an investigation into the incident. Ambulances and civilian cars helped transfer victims to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The blasts occurred amid growing concerns that the crucial national elections scheduled for January may have to be postponed should lawmakers fail to agree on a new election law soon.
Separately, sixteen people were wounded when an explosion rocked al-Maktabat street in the center of the predominantly Shia city of Hilla.
The blast was said to be the fourth to take place on this street since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003
Three people were killed and eight others sustained injuries on Thursday when two well-synchronized explosions ripped through the western Iraqi city of Ramadi. 
