BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Violence in Iraq surged again Thursday, leaving nine people dead and
dozens wounded, including several U.S. troops, authorities said.
The assaults followed a major blast that killed 72 people and injured about 135 others at a
Baghdad market Wednesday, and a deadly blast in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday
that killed 80 people.
The spike in violence precedes a looming deadline for the United States to withdraw combat
troops from Iraqi cities and towns, a move spelled out in the American bilateral agreement with
Iraq. By June 30, security responsibilities will be left to Iraqis and U.S. forces are to remain only
as trainers and advisers.
After a market attack in Baghdad's Sadr City on Wednesday, eight strikes hit Baghdad and one hit
the northern city of Mosul between Wednesday night and Thursday night.
In Mosul, at least one Iraqi soldier was killed and 15 wounded in a car bombing Thursday
evening, police said.
The parked car bomb that detonated in al-Arabi neighborhood in northern Mosul was near one of
the city's main entry checkpoints. Mosul has a strong militant presence and the U.S. military said
it is considering the possibility of keeping combat troops there past June 30.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/25/iraq.attacks/
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