15 killed in Iraq bombings

FE Team | Published: November 27, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

FALLUJAH, Nov 26 (agencies): Bomb attacks in central Iraq killed at least 15 people and wounded at least 11 Saturday, security officials and a doctor said. The bombings come two days after triple blasts killed 19 people in the southern port city of Basra. In the deadliest Saturday attack, bombs on each side of the main road from Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, to Fallujah, hit a truck carrying construction workers, First Lieutenant Omar Zawbai of the Abu Ghraib police told AFP. "Seven people were killed and seven wounded" in the blasts, Zawbai said, adding the workers took the road every day, as they worked in Fallujah. Dr Omar Delli of Fallujah Hospital said that "the hospital received seven bodies and seven wounded." Meanwhile: An Egyptian protester was killed Saturday when police clashed with demonstrators demanding the end of military rule, shattering two days of calm in Cairo. The protesters had branched off from a mass rally in Tahrir Square to block the entrance of the nearby cabinet headquarters in protest at the new prime minister appointed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Meanwhile:Thousands of Egyptians emerged from sleeping bags Saturday after spending another night in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where protesters have vowed to stay put until their demand of civilian rule is met. Morocco's election Election results for 50 seats out of 395 in Morocco's parliament are suggesting a strong showing by a moderate Islamist party. The state news agency early Saturday announced results for just a fraction of the parliament, but already the opposition Justice and Development Party looks to have dramatically increased its share of the parliament. The results show the party winning 40 percent of seats so far. In response to Arab Spring protest, Morocco's king modified the constitution and brought forward elections. Arabs ready sanctions to punish Syria defiance Arab ministers gathered in Cairo Saturday to draw up sanctions against Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad's regime for defying an ultimatum to allow in observers and pressing a deadly crackdown. The finance ministers were to thrash out a package-expected to include the suspension of flights and freezing of government assets-which will then be put to foreign ministers on Sunday. Anti-royal graffiti on walls of eastern Saudi Arabia Slogans against the royal family have been daubed on walls in the Shiite heartland of eastern Saudi Arabia, the scene of deadly clashes with security forces, an AFP photographer said Friday. The Al-Saud ruling family must be "held responsible for the blood of the martyrs", "Down with Mohammed bin Fahd" bin Abdul Aziz, the governor of the kingdom's Eastern Province, were painted in the streets of the city of Qatib. Gaza rocket hits Israel In Jerusalem, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket into the Eshkol region of southern Israel on Saturday morning causing no casualties, Israeli police said.