Scores dead and injured in Kirkuk bombings

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Description: July 16, 2007: Kirkuk, in oil-rich northern Iraq, is the home and political base of the country's Kurdish President, Jalal Talabani. Around mid-day, a truck bomb eluded security and exploded outside the headquarters of Talabani's party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Kurds consider Kirkuk part of their historic homeland and want a referendum to integrate the city into their autonomous region. But there are also tensions involving ethnic Turks, as well as Sunnis, who form the majority population, many of them relocated there by Saddam Hussein in the 1970s as part of a plan to "Arabize" the north and control oil production. Agence France Presse quotes U.S. soldiers as saying Kirkuk had reached "an acceptable level of violence." But that was not the case as more than 80 people died and almost 200 were injured. No one has claimed responsibility for the latest attacks. APTN cameras captured the carnage in the city. The pictures are graphic.
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HomoGeneIous ::: Favorites WE THE PEOPLE, DEMAND IMPEACHMENT BACK on the TABLE, ANY TABLE, but "BRING IT ON" Impeach the God Damned CRIMINALS!!! Impeach the God Damned CRIMINALS!!! Impeach the God Dammed CRIMINALS!!! 07-07-20 18:18:50 _____________________________________________________
agrana75 ::: Favorites poor people 07-07-20 20:58:33 _____________________________________________________
ozan18 ::: Favorites poor kurds and turkmans i feel so sorry for them 07-07-22 15:24:22 _____________________________________________________
rlh68 ::: Favorites poor world. 07-07-20 21:36:08 _____________________________________________________
maxx1000 ::: Favorites Mission Accomplished? 07-07-20 22:19:24 _____________________________________________________
ron956 ::: Favorites Imagine a scene like this on YOUR BLOCK! To call the EVIL perps of this war MOTHERFUCKERS, would be to disrespect all of the GOOD MOFO's of the world. 07-07-22 00:40:18 _____________________________________________________
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sami900 ::: Favorites its turkishmongolian hand is behind that bombing 07-07-27 23:03:50 _____________________________________________________