Baghdad, Iraq: Car bomb kills 2 wounds 7 judge escapes

An Iraqi police officer examines the remains of a suicide car bomb that struck a market in a Kurdish area in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, police said. The attack in Kirkuk, a disputed oil-rich city that has seen a recent rise in ethnic tensions, occurred while the capital remained relatively calm under a driving ban aimed at preventing such attacks during a major Shiite pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)



Senior judge escapes assassination attempt in southern Iraq

A suicide car bomb attacked the convoy of a senior judge on Wednesday in Hilla City, the capital of Babylon province, leaving the judge seriously injured, a provincial police source said.
"A suicide car bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the convoy of Judge Aqeel Adnan Witwit while heading for his office in the 40th Street in central Hilla, some 100 km south of Baghdad, leaving the judge seriously injured and two of his bodyguards killed," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Seven pedestrians were also wounded, while several cars of the convoy were damaged in the blast, the source said.
The judge was ferried to a U.S. military hospital by helicopter, the source said, adding an investigation has been launched.
Violence continues infesting Iraq despite the presence of tens of thousands of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers across the country in a major security crackdown on insurgency and sectarian violence.
Source: Xinhua
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Iraqi police: Suicide car bomb kills 2, wounds 7 south of Baghdad

The Associated Press
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber killed two people and wounded seven south of Baghdad early Wednesday, police said.
The attacker was apparently targeting the seven-car convoy of a prominent judge in the Hillah area, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) south of the Iraqi capital.
The judge, Aqeel Adnan Witwit, was injured but survived the attack, which took place at morning rush hour about 50 meters (yards) from his home, police said.
Two of Witwit's bodyguards were killed and six other people were hurt, police said.