THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Suicide bombers in two cars killed 26 people and wounded 53 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday.
The attackers drove down a crowded street and blew themselves up simultaneously.
The morning bombings followed attacks late on Saturday that killed seven people, underlining the dangers of a resurgence of violence in the face of a persistent political vacuum more than three months after a general election.
The bombers targeted the Baghdad branch of the Trade Bank of Iraq, the conduit for much of the government's foreign exchange transactions and its dealings with investors.
The bank is on a busy thoroughfare through the mainly Sunni Arab Mansur district that provides access from western Iraq to the fortified Green Zone government and embassy compound in the city centre.
The twin bombs marked the deadliest day in Iraq since May 10 when four bombs in the mainly Shia central city of Hilla and other attacks killed more than 100 people - the highest toll of this year. >>> | Sunday, June 20, 2010
