Iraq: Kirkuk bombings

Published November 14, 2012
An Iraqi soldier stands infront of a collapsed wall following one of two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on November 14, 2012.
An Iraqi soldier stands infront of a collapsed wall following one of two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on November 14, 2012.
An Iraqi sweeps the debris following one of two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on November 14, 2012.
An Iraqi sweeps the debris following one of two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on November 14, 2012.
Iraqis looks at the damage to buildings following one of  two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
Iraqis looks at the damage to buildings following one of two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
An Iraqi woman shouts following two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on November 14, 2012.
An Iraqi woman shouts following two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on November 14, 2012.
An Iraqi family looks at the damage to a building following one of  two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
An Iraqi family looks at the damage to a building following one of two car bombs in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
Iraqis look at the remains of a one of two car bombs.
Iraqis look at the remains of a one of two car bombs.

Two car bombs and a roadside bomb killed five people and wounded 34 others, while another explosives-packed vehicle targeting an Iraqi army patrol in the town of Hawijah, also in Kirkuk province, left four dead and five others wounded, according to officials. – Photos by AFP

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