At least 57 killed and 176 wounded today in fourteen explosions in Baghdad

At least 57 people have been killed and 176 wounded today in fourteen explosions in different neighborhoods of Baghdad, told Efe a source from the Ministry of health.

A source of the Ministry of the Interior, who initially had reported 27 dead and 154 injured, pointed out that most of the attacks were perpetrated with be and explosive devices.

These attacks coincide with the withdrawal of the US Army last Sunday of Iraq in compliance with the security pact signed between Washington and Baghdad in December 2008.

The most deadly attack occurred in the neighborhood of Karrada, in the heart of the capital, where at least 13 people were killed and 36 injured by the explosion of a UN-led near the governmental agency of transparency, which is responsible for the fight against corruption, according to the source of the Ministry of the Interior to.

In the same neighborhood, there was another similar attack next to a u000abridge that killed one person and six were injured.

In addition, four other people were killed and eighteen were injured in the District of in the Dura, in the South, by the outbreak of an artifact, while there were others three dead and nine injured by the detonation of a UN-led in a neighborhood in the Northeast.

Two devices exploded sequentially in a square where there was concentrated day laborers in the District of to Allawi, at the Center, and they killed three people and caused injuries to other 25.

Also at least two people were killed and eight injured by the explosion of a UN-led Street to the Maghreb in North.

Attacks similar, committed with devices and vehicles loaded with explosives, occurred in other districts of Central, South and West of the capital, which left dead and wounded.

The source added that a civilian died and another was injured by the impact of a projectile "Katyusha" in the area u000aof to the Gazaliya, in the West

These attacks coincide with a time of Iraq political crisis triggered by the issuance of a warrant of arrest the past 19 days against the Sunni Iraqi Vice-President Tareq Hashemi, reportedly linked to offences of terrorism

After this arrest warrant, the political bloc in the Hashemi, to the Iraquiya, decided to boycott the meetings of the Government of national unity, which has eight Ministers.

Last Saturday, to the Iraquiya suspended also their participation sessions of Parliament, where it is the second political coalition with 91 seats in the 325 of the Assembly, therefore considered the politicization of Justice, failure to comply with the Constitution and the sectarianism of the security forces, among others.

Two days ago, to the Hashemi defended his innocence from Iraqi Kurdistan and was prepared to appear before the justice in the autonomous province, Al-Maliki responded yesterday with u000aa request to the former authorities that delivered to the Vice President.

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