Another bloody day in Iraq, al-Ibraheimi doubts the date of the elections

One American soldier was killed and other five injured in a bomb explosion to the east of Baghdad. In a statement the American army gave no other details on the attack.

Another American soldier was killed and other five injured in a similar bomb while one American convoy was running on a road to al-Ghalebeyah town to the west of Baqouba to the north east of Baghdad.

Two members of the multi national forces were killed and other five injured in a booby trapped car explosion on the Iraqi side of the border with Jordan, according to the American side which did not identify the identity of the two killed men.

The Jordanian police announced the closure of the land border crossing between Jordan and Iraq before passengers, vehicles and trucks after one booby trapped car was confiscated at the Jordanian side of the border.

In Haditha city to the west of Baghdad, several American soldiers were injured and two American vehicles were destroyed in a suicide attack by a booby trapped car on the highway at the city's crossroads.

In another development, seven members of the Kurdish Bashmarka militias of the Kurdistani national Union party were killed and other 8 were injured in a booby trapped car explosion in al-Karamah quarters in Musil city to the north of Iraq. In Tel Afer and Sejnar towns nine bodies were found on which medical sources confirmed to be for the Iraqi national guards and the borders police.

Three Iraqis were killed, one of them was by the fire of the American forces, while unidentified men kidnapped one Iraqi women working in an oil north company near Karkouk to the north of Baghdad.

Seven Iraqis were killed in various parts of Sameraa city and its surrounding. One of them was killed by the bullets of the American forces while he was trying to bypass the American convoy. Other three were killed by explosives, while the bodies of three persons ( one contractor and two translators) who were working with the American forces. Unidentified persons kidnapped one Iraqi employee working in the Northern Oil company near Karkouk to the north of Baghdad.

At the political level, the envoy of the UN secretary general in Iraq Elakhder al-Ibraheimi ruled out the possibility of having the Iraqi elections in the due time on January 30th should the security situation continues as to be.

In press statements in New York, al-Ibraheimi said that the elections are not a magic medicine, rather part of the political process that should be well prepared at the due time.

However, many Iraqis including the Sunni Arabs called for postponing the elections saying that violence in the Palestinian areas which they inhabit will obstruct a free and honest elections.

However, the Shiite persist on the need of carrying out the elections in their due time saying that any delay will be a sort of surrender to the armed groups, while the Kurds stress they are ready for the elections but will not accept any delay for pleasing other sides.