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Insurgents attacks kill 33 around iraq Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-03-07-insurgents-iraq_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-03-07-insurgents-iraq_x.htm Insurgent attacks kill 33, wound dozens around Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi insurgents set off bombs and fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at military convoys, checkpoints and police patrols in a spree of violence Monday that left 33 people dead and dozens wounded. Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility for much of the violence. Iraqi Kurds said they were close to sealing a deal with the clergy-backed United Iraqi Alliance to secure many of their territorial demands and to ensure the country's secular character after its National Assembly convenes March 16. The dominant Shiite alliance, however, said that although it agreed on Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becoming president, it was still talking about other conditions set by the Kurds for their support in the 275-member legislative body. The Shiites control 140 seats. They need the 75 seats garnered by the Kurds in the Jan. 30 elections to muster the two-thirds majority needed to elect a president and later seat their choice for prime minister — conservative Islamic Dawa Party leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari. "Iraqis defied the terrorists and they went to the polling stations in order to see their elected representatives meet and debate the future of the country," interim Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, a Kurd, said of the decision to finally convene the assembly. Al-Qaeda in Iraq purportedly claimed responsibility in an Internet statement for much of the bloodshed in and around Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, where 15 people died. In Balad, southeast of Baqouba, a car bomb killed 12 people. In Baghdad, gunmen killed two police officers and wounded a third. Two civilians also were killed when a roadside bomb targeting a joint U.S.-Iraqi military convoy exploded in the west Baghdad neighborhood of Amiriyah. In Baghdad's southern Dora district, gunmen killed Mahmood Khudier, a former Iraqi army officer, while a man was killed in a mortar attack in Qaim, near the Syrian border, police said. In the latest in a wave of kidnappings, a Jordanian businessman abducted in Iraq was freed after his family paid a $100,000 ransom, his brother said. Ibrahim Al-Maharmeh, a food importer, was kidnapped in Baghdad on Saturday. About 200 foreigners have been abducted in Iraq over the past year. At least 13 remain in the hands of their captors and more than 30 were killed. The rest were freed, some through the payment of ransom, or escaped. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

012905b1_iraq_thevote 1 [jpg] 14 killed by car bomb outside shiite mosque { January 21 2005 } 17 die in iraq bombing 47 killed in suicide attack on mosul mosque { March 10 2005 } Anti war parent copes with marines death { March 21 2005 } Attack on mosque meant to create sectarian strife { January 21 2005 } Baghdad car bomb kills 14 iraqis at mosque Baghdad governor assassinated in street Car bomb kills 7 at wedding party Car bomb kills two soldiers one marine { March 26 2005 } Car bomb outside australian embassy kills two { January 19 2005 } Child with downs syndrome used in suicide attack Death toll rises to 1500 { March 3 2005 } Five killed in three baghdad car bombs General says insurgents probably downed british plane General warns of spectacular iraq plots for elections Insurgency proves tough to crack { January 26 2005 } Insurgents ambush iraqi police convoy after elections Insurgents attacks kill 33 around iraq Insurgents bomb polling places Insurgents killed about two dozen on election day { January 30 2005 } Insurgents land deadliest blow killing over 100 { February 28 2005 } Iraq insurgents can conduct 60 strikes daily Iraq insurgents increase explosive power Iraq says 80 militants killed in clash Iraqi insurgents blow top off historic momument { April 2 2005 } Iraqi police capture bombing mastermind Nine US troops killed in iraq { January 7 2005 } Nothern pipeline destroyed baghdad bomb kills two Rebels damage iraqi national treasure { April 1 2005 } Suicide bomber kills 15 at iraq police station { February 24 2005 } Two mosques bombed in baghdad Two suicide bombs kill 27 in iraq US bombs wrong house underreports civilian deaths US secret talks with insurgents in iraq { February 21 2005 } Files Listed: 35

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