Five years after Saddam Hussein was killed…

Dawn.com Published May 23, 2011
Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a bombing in the oil-rich city, Kirkuk, which killed at least 27 people and wounding 89, in the worst violence to hit Iraq in nearly two months. – Photo by AP
Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a bombing in the oil-rich city, Kirkuk, which killed at least 27 people and wounding 89, in the worst violence to hit Iraq in nearly two months. – Photo by AP
A car burns due to the bomb attack in the northern of Kirkuk. – Photo by AFP
A car burns due to the bomb attack in the northern of Kirkuk. – Photo by AFP
A British soldier watches newly graduated Iraqi Army officers in Baghdad. – Photo by AP
A British soldier watches newly graduated Iraqi Army officers in Baghdad. – Photo by AP
Firefighter hoses down a destroyed vehicle at the site of the bomb attack in Kirkuk. – Photo by Reuters
Firefighter hoses down a destroyed vehicle at the site of the bomb attack in Kirkuk. – Photo by Reuters
Police inspect the site of the bomb attack in Kirkuk. – Photo by AFP
Police inspect the site of the bomb attack in Kirkuk. – Photo by AFP
British soldiers take part in a ceremony to mark the conclusion of the British-Iraqi Training and Maritime Support Agreement in Umm Qasr. – Photo by AFP
British soldiers take part in a ceremony to mark the conclusion of the British-Iraqi Training and Maritime Support Agreement in Umm Qasr. – Photo by AFP
An injured boy is treated at a hospital after a car bomb. – Photo by AP
An injured boy is treated at a hospital after a car bomb. – Photo by AP
Iraqi troops inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in the predominantly Shia north Baghdad district of Sadr City. – Photo by AFP
Iraqi troops inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in the predominantly Shia north Baghdad district of Sadr City. – Photo by AFP
A British soldier stands guard at Umm Qasr port in Basra. – Photo by AP
A British soldier stands guard at Umm Qasr port in Basra. – Photo by AP
Boys sit near the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad. – Photo by AP
Boys sit near the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad. – Photo by AP
Residents carry a coffin of a victim, who was killed in a bomb attack. – Photo by Reuters
Residents carry a coffin of a victim, who was killed in a bomb attack. – Photo by Reuters

Britain concluded its naval training mission in Iraq on May 22, 2011, whilst more than a dozen of bombings had killed Iraqis in a week. Exactly three bomb attacks marked Iraq’s Monday morning – a car bomb targeting the convoy of a police commander in Kirkuk city, killed two policemen and wounded 12 other people, another parked car exploded in eastern Baghdad causing damage of many shops, including seven liquor stores, and a road-side bomb wounded six people in the western district of Khadra, an Interior Ministry source said.

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Anita
May 24, 2011 12:16pm
Sir, Saddam hussein was killed in 2006, so it's hardly 5 years since his death, your headline is wrong. Please correct it.
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Discostu
May 24, 2011 01:22pm
This looks like Defence, one of the Khayabanes. Its terrifying to think we have almost reached the same level of voilence.
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