Surging to the afterlife: 20 more dead in Baghdad

[malaise]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6394219.stm

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At least 20 people have been killed and 30 injured in a suicide bombing in east Baghdad, police say.

The attacker, wearing a suicide vest, blew himself up outside the College of Administration and Economics.

Earlier, four people were injured in a car bombing in the Karrada district of the city, and one was killed in an explosion near the Iranian embassy.

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Meanwhile the al-Hakim shows a clear split between the US military and the government - guess who won.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6393337.stm

The eldest son of an influential Shia politician says US troops treated him roughly when they briefly arrested him near the Iran-Iraq border on Friday.

Ammar al-Hakim says he was targeted for arrest, rudely bound and blindfolded.

The US military says he was arrested because his convoy was suspicious, but was treated with "dignity and respect".

In Najaf, thousands have protested at the arrest. Mr Hakim's father is Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq.