Talibani criticizes Jaafari; Zarqawi claims Balad explosions

The Iraqi President Jalal al-Talibani accused the prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari of violating the rules and taking decisions, independently.

Talibani accused Jaafari of not implementing the articles of a joint agreement signed between the sides of the Kurdish coalition and the Iraqi coalition before the formation of the current government between the Kurdish alliance and the United Iraqi coalition.

Meantime, the al-Qaida organization in Iraq claimed responsibility for the blowing up of three booby trapped cars in Balad, north of Baghdad, on Friday, which resulted according to the recent calculation in killing 98 persons and wounding other 120.

A statement issued on the Internet said "our brothers in the military wing detonated on Thursday three booby trapped cars on targets for the 'non believers' police and the army," and this resulted in killing scores of them.