Car bomb kills 2, hurts 7 in Kirkuk, Iraq
A car packed with explosives exploded near the U.S. consulate in Kirkuk, killing two Iraqis and wounding seven others, Iraqi police said Sunday. No Americans were injured in the explosion late Saturday in eastern Kirkuk, said police Col. Burhan Tayeb. It was the seventh car bombing this month in Kirkuk, where tensions are rising among Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen for control of the area’s vast oil wealth. Full Story