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| Many dead in fresh Iraq attacks | Many dead in fresh Iraq attacks |
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| Car bombs have rocked the Iraqi city of Ramadi, killing 20 people, the latest in a string of attacks during the day that have caused dozens of casualties. | Car bombs have rocked the Iraqi city of Ramadi, killing 20 people, the latest in a string of attacks during the day that have caused dozens of casualties. |
| Three cars exploded in quick succession near a restaurant and market in the western district of al-Taamim. | Three cars exploded in quick succession near a restaurant and market in the western district of al-Taamim. |
| Witnesses said there was a heavy police presence in Ramadi because of reports that there were explosives there. | Witnesses said there was a heavy police presence in Ramadi because of reports that there were explosives there. |
| Earlier blasts hit Baqouba and Mosul, and near where the new US envoy was giving his first briefing in Baghdad. | Earlier blasts hit Baqouba and Mosul, and near where the new US envoy was giving his first briefing in Baghdad. |
| Ambassador Ryan Croker said the next few months were critical in the effort to reconcile Iraq's warring communities and urged the government to make use of a US-led security plan in the capital. | Ambassador Ryan Croker said the next few months were critical in the effort to reconcile Iraq's warring communities and urged the government to make use of a US-led security plan in the capital. |
| He also defended the thinking behind a controversial wall being built around the flashpoint Adhamiya area, a Sunni enclave on the mainly Shia east bank of the Tigris. | He also defended the thinking behind a controversial wall being built around the flashpoint Adhamiya area, a Sunni enclave on the mainly Shia east bank of the Tigris. |
| On Sunday Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said he had ordered a halt to the project after it drew strong criticism from residents and Sunni leaders. | On Sunday Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said he had ordered a halt to the project after it drew strong criticism from residents and Sunni leaders. |
| Shocked town | Shocked town |
| Earlier in the day, at least 10 people died in Tal Uskuf, just north of Mosul, when a suicide bomber detonated his car outside an office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. | |
| It is in no-one's intention that this (the wall) is going to be a permanent state of affairs Ryan Crocker Profile: Ryan Crocker | |
| An eyewitness in the mainly Christian town said residents were in deep shock as it was the first time it had been hit in the four years of Iraq's anti-US insurgency. | An eyewitness in the mainly Christian town said residents were in deep shock as it was the first time it had been hit in the four years of Iraq's anti-US insurgency. |
| Police said a suicide car bomber struck a police station in Baqouba, north-east of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people. | Police said a suicide car bomber struck a police station in Baqouba, north-east of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people. |
| And in the Iraqi capital itself, at least seven people died in a suicide attack in Karradat Mariam, metres from the edge of the Green Zone where Mr Crocker was delivering his briefing. | And in the Iraqi capital itself, at least seven people died in a suicide attack in Karradat Mariam, metres from the edge of the Green Zone where Mr Crocker was delivering his briefing. |
| Another car bomb exploded close to the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. One person was reported killed in the blast, in a car park used by people visiting the Iranian mission. | Another car bomb exploded close to the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. One person was reported killed in the blast, in a car park used by people visiting the Iranian mission. |
| More than 150 people were reported wounded in the succession of blasts. | More than 150 people were reported wounded in the succession of blasts. |