Saturday, October 07, 2006
U.S. gives ultimatum as car bomb kills 14 in Kirkuk
Security
In Tal Afar, northwest of Kirkuk, a suicide car bomber killed 14 people in an attack on an Iraqi army checkpoint, the latest in a series of deadly suicide bombings in the town since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The fresh bloodshed followed a warning by U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner who said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government had just 60 to 90 days to control the violence that threatens civil war or the United States would have to reconsider its options. Saturday's car bomb attack in Tal Afar was the fourth suicide car bombing on an army or police checkpoint in the town since the start of the holy month two weeks ago. The town has been largely free of violence since U.S.-led forces drove out al Qaeda militants in a 2005 offensive.
