As Iraqis awaited the final formation of their new national unity government, at least 18 people were killed and a police chief narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in attacks in the country’s two largest cities Thursday. Bombers also destroyed a small Sunni shrine near the volatile city of Baqouba in an apparent reprisal attack less than a week after similar bombings heavily damaged six Shiite shrines in a mixed area where tensions are running high. No one was injured in any of the attacks. Full Story