Mass arrests as Iraq tries to calm bombing fears

Iraq arrested dozens of military and security staff today over the Baghdad suicide bombings that killed 155 people, trying to calm anger at its failure to protect people ahead of January elections and the pending US troop withdrawal.

Mass arrests as Iraq tries to calm bombing fears

Iraq arrested dozens of military and security staff today over the Baghdad suicide bombings that killed 155 people, trying to calm anger at its failure to protect people ahead of January elections and the pending US troop withdrawal.

A military spokesman said that 11 army officers and 50 security officials have been taken into custody over Sunday’s bombings – the worst attacks in Iraq in over two years.

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