Car Bomb Kills More Than Nine in Iraq's Mosul

The bombing was the newest in a series of attacks on Shi'ite goals because a political crisis erupted a month ago intimidating the survival of Iraq's fragile power-sharing government following the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

"All this due to the political battle over government posts and we are the weakest and poorest people paying the price," Abu Ebrahem, a village resident, told Reuters. "They need to agitate sectarian unrest, but they won't succeed."

Police said they discovered another car bomb at the scene and shut the area for several hours to defuse it. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty toll.

Political tensions in Iraq have been high since December, when Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government ordered the arrest of a Sunni vice president, touching off a crisis that many fear will bring a relapse into sectarian conflict.


In this case, maybe bullet-proof cars or related car parts are needed.