Archive for June, 2010
Car bomb kills 7 in Iraq’s Kirkuk
“A car bomb in a restive region of northern Iraq killed seven people and wounded 61 on Friday, police said. ”
A car bomb in a restive region of northern Iraq killed seven people and wounded 61 on Friday, police said.
The bomb in a parked car detonated near the home of a provincial official from the Turkoman minority in the town of Tuz Khurmato, southeast of the city of Kirkuk in a region wrestled over by Iraq’s majority Arabs and minority Kurds.
Iraqi police at the scene found a second car packed with rockets and explosives, and were working to defuse it, a police source said.
In Baquba, part of Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, a car bomb wounded at least 30 people, hospital sources said. The device exploded near a police captain’s house, wounding six members of his family and shattering windows of nearby homes. Read the rest of this entry »
Turkish and Iraqi Turkmen teams to compete in July
Iraqi Turkmen teams will compete against Turkish teams in seven Turkish provinces on July 3 and 4.
According to a protocol signed by Turkey and Iraq on August 5, 2009, six sports clubs from Kirkuk, Mosul, Telafer and Selahaddin will compete against Turkish teams in Hatay, Adiyaman, Gaziantep, Mardin, Kilis, Kahramanmaras and Sanliurfa.
Selahaddin Aksu Sports Club, Kirkuk Kale Sports Club, Telafer Sports Club, Kirkuk Musalla Sports Club, Kirkuk Turkmen Sports Club and Kirkuk Turkmenistan Sports Club will participate in games in Turkey. Read the rest of this entry »