14 June 2012
President of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, Head of the al-Iraqiya bloc, Iyad Allawi, and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government to protect citizens andIraq's territory, according to a presidential statement.
President of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, Head of the al-Iraqiya bloc, Iyad Allawi, and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government to protect citizens andIraq's territory, according to a presidential statement.
The three officials strongly condemned the recent bombing attacks throughoutI raq, where scores were killed or wounded.
A wave of bombings and shootings rocked Iraq during a major Shiite religious commemoration on Wednesday, killing and injuring scores of civilians and policemen, security and medical officials said.
The attacks are the deadliest to hit Iraq since 68 people were killed inIraqon January 5, and come during commemorations for the death of Imam Moussa Kadhim, the seventh of 12 revered imams in Shiite Islam, which peak later this month.
© Aswat Aliraq 2012
