Bombers 'won't halt Iraq power transfer'

The handover of power in Iraq will not be derailed by the suspected al Qaida suicide bombings in Basra which killed 68 people, the Government said.

Bombers 'won't halt Iraq power transfer'

The handover of power in Iraq will not be derailed by the suspected al Qaida suicide bombings in Basra which killed 68 people, the Government said.

The series of explosions at rush hour yesterday, which also injured 200 people including five British soldiers, marked the worst violence in British-controlled southern Iraq since the start of the coalition occupation a year ago.

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