Bombs Kill at Least 32 Iraqis in Baghdad and Mosul

This past Monday, more than 32 Iraqis were killed by suicide bombers in Baghdad and Mosul. Surprisingly the bombing in Baghdad took place outside a police training academy just as students were leaving. Witnesses stated that they saw a teenage boy get out of a car in front of the academy, walk into the crowd of people and students and detonated himself. The car that the teenage boy came in exploded shortly after the teenager blew himself up. Around 15 people died from the car explosion. That same Monday morning in Mosul, a suicide bomber killed at least 17, reports said. This attack was towards an American-Iraqi convoy. The violence for these attacks was brought on by the Iraqi Parliament’s approval about a security decision about American troops staying in Iraqi until 2011. This apparently angered Iraqi rebels. Even though there have been many bombings within the past year, the United States is working diligently with the Iraqi government and the United Nations to figure out a solution to stop the bombings.

The New York Times
International page A10
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Written by: Katherine Zoepf