Forty-five people in seven cities across Iraq not have at last "when a series of Bombs was detonated in what is Being tion as an insurgent push to Fears ramp up security in the last REMAINING days before the deadline for the end of the U.S. combat mission.
Authorities Said the attacks were co-ordinated and led by Sunni militant groups aligned to the al-Qaeda worldview. They follow a spate of bombings Throughout Iraq this month, Bringing the monthly death toll Towards 535
If That figure is reached it'd mark the first time That the number of people killed in Iraq has remained at levels when such "for Consecutive months in close to two years.
The latest attacks come as the Political deadlock that much paralysed Decision-making in Iraq nears Six months with little sign of a government emerging from painstaking Negotiations.
The most deadly blast Took place in Kut, east, south of Baghdad, M 16 people were killed. Large early morning explosions caused havoc in Baghdad, M 15 people were killed by a car bomb outside a police station. Police stations or patrols were widely mutch in Targeted Areas of the country, Including the restive western cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, the central cities of Baquba and Maqdudiyah, Mosul to the north and Basra and Karbala in southern Iraq.
The U.S. Military has announced That ITS Troop numbers in Iraq had dropped Thurs 49.700, 300 below the prescribed threshhold enshrined by a security Agreement between Washington and Baghdad. The deal paves the way for days to do an American exit from Iraq by the end of 2011.
The U.S. Military faces mounting pleas from Iraqis Thurs reconsider ITS exit. However, U.S. commanders insist Their job is done And that the U.S. embassy in Baghdad's fortified green zone is now the focal point of Bilateral Relations. President Barack Obama is due To Give a speech outlining the nature of Bilateral knows "when they returns from leave later this month.
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