29 Iraqis killed in suicide bombings

Attacks and explosions continued in various parts of Iraq. In this regard, two suicide bombers executed two attacks targeting one of the entrances of the Iraqi ministry of interior and resulted in killing 29 persons and injuring other 25, most of them policemen.

Al-Qaida organization in Iraq led by Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the two attacks in a statement issued on the internet.

These attacks took place while the Iraqi ministry of interior was celebrating its 84th foundation anniversary in the presence of the American ambassador in Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and the two ministers of the Interior Baqer Jaber Soulagh and the defense minister Sadoun al-Duleime.

In other attacks, the Iraqi police said that one American soldier was killed in a sniping operation in Falluja. In a video tape, the al-Mujahideen Army group in Iraq claimed responsibility for the snipping operation against American soldiers in Faluja.

In Baghdad, one member of the Baath extermination commission was killed by the bullet of gunmen. One Iraqi officer and one doctor were killed in two separate attacks, while five unidentified bodies were found.

In Karkouk northern east of Baghdad, unidentified gunmen killed the Turkman judge, responsible for "terrorism issues" Khaled Hazza al-bayati in front of his house in the center of Karkouk and Ansar al-Sunni Army Group claimed responsibility for the incident in a statement issued on the Internet.

In Baqouba, two civilians were killed and other injured from one family in a bomb explosion in al-Zaghenyah area.