This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7274529.stm
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 2 | Version 3 |
|---|---|
| Car bombing kills 15 in Baghdad | Car bombing kills 15 in Baghdad |
| (10 minutes later) | |
| A car bomb has killed at least 15 people and wounded 35 in central Baghdad, Iraqi police say. | A car bomb has killed at least 15 people and wounded 35 in central Baghdad, Iraqi police say. |
| The bomb went off in the middle of the morning in Bab al-Mudham, a shopping area on the east bank of the Tigris. | The bomb went off in the middle of the morning in Bab al-Mudham, a shopping area on the east bank of the Tigris. |
| The car was parked on a road leading to the housing ministry, police said. It appeared to target an army patrol. | The car was parked on a road leading to the housing ministry, police said. It appeared to target an army patrol. |
| There is currently increased security in the Iraqi capital because of the first visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the city. | There is currently increased security in the Iraqi capital because of the first visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the city. |
| Iraqi police said about 45 people were wounded in the blast, including employees of the nearby labour ministry and students from Baghdad university. | Iraqi police said about 45 people were wounded in the blast, including employees of the nearby labour ministry and students from Baghdad university. |
| Official government figures showed the number of Iraqi fatalities in violence in February were more than one-third higher than the previous month, reversing six months of falling death tolls. | Official government figures showed the number of Iraqi fatalities in violence in February were more than one-third higher than the previous month, reversing six months of falling death tolls. |
| Figures released by Iraq's interior, defence and health ministries said 633 civilians died violently in February, compared with 466 in January. | Figures released by Iraq's interior, defence and health ministries said 633 civilians died violently in February, compared with 466 in January. |
| A previous drop in violence was attributed to a surge in US troop numbers, the formation of anti-Qaeda militias by Sunni Arab tribes and a freeze in activities of the Mehdi Army militia loyal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. | |
| Separately in the southern city of Basra, gunmen ambushed a top provincial police chief, killing him and three bodyguards. | |
| Colonel Qassim Obeid had recently been transferred from Basra to the central province of Dhi Qar, police said. | Colonel Qassim Obeid had recently been transferred from Basra to the central province of Dhi Qar, police said. |