European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 21 2007 stars and stripes pages series of blasts hit Baghdad and Kirkuk mosque bombing 4 other attacks in Northern City kill at least 26 Bykin Gamel the associated press Baghdad bombs Tore through a shiite mosque during prayers in Baghdad killing eight people and struck several targets in the Oil Rich City of Kirkuk kill ing at least another 18 people monday As sunni insurgents pressed their Campaign on the fourth anniversary of the Start of the War the latest attacks highlighted the challenges facing us and iraqi forces in their bid to curb sectarian bloodshed with the Mont hold Security crackdown execution style killings usually blamed on shiite militias have fallen dramatically but bomb Ings the hallmark of the sunni insurgency have not kept Pace in the downward trend mondays violence in Baghdad began shortly after the afternoon Call to prayer in a Small Green domed mosque in the Shor a Market area on fourth anniversary of invasion Bush urges americans to be patient Page 9 Salah Baqir a 42yearold Ven Dor at the Market who saw the at tack said the bomber slipped past the guards who were distracted by an argument and placed the explosives in a bag be Hind a lectern the blast left a Crater and a pile of rubble on the floor at least 31 other people were wounded police said Gheith Jassim the 32yearold owner of a textile shop near the mosque said he rushed to the mosque in a panic because he feared his brother was praying there the brother had skipped prayers but Jassim found a scene of carnage when i arrived i saw several wounded people being taken by ambulances they were scream ing from fear and wounds there were bloodstains on the Wall and some carpets were burned he said in a Telephone interview Jassim said worshippers were cursing sunni extremists at least 18 people were killed and More than 50 wounded in a series of bombings in Kirkuk the most devastating attacks occurred when two parked car bombs exploded within 10 min utes starting at pm in a Southern part of the City four teen civilians and four policemen were killed and 40 were wounded police said the Region is Home mainly to ethnic turks the office of the Sec ular iraqi list party of former prime minister Ayad Allawin and the educational directorate Are in the same District about a half mile apart provincial gov Abdulrahman Mustafa accused insurgents of trying to destabilize the area by provoking hostilities among the varied ethnic and religious groups in the mixed Community the City which kurd Hope to incorporate into their autonomous zone is also the Center of an ethnic Power struggle in a at least 55 iraqis were killed or found dead in Iraq including the mayor of a Small Shi Ite Village Southeast of Baghdad and 29 Bullet riddled bodies that turned up in the capital also late monday government officials said they have asked us authorities for custody of Saddam Hussein former Deputy to hang him at Dawn tuesday expert chlorine attacks will be hard to Stop the Hague Netherlands a monday the chlorine Gas loaded weapons used in a Seri by iraqi insurgents amount to chemical dirty and will be hard to Stop however safer the insurgents appear Only to have Access to a rudimentary method of spreading it up in suicide bombings Jonathan Tucker a visiting Fulbright fellow at the  International and Security affairs said there is can be done to Stop the attacks because chlorine which is used for water purification across Iraq is so widely Rice us should have sent More troops in 03 Secretary Jpn state condole Ezza Rice on monday staunchly defended going to War in Iraq but acknowledged the administration should have sent More troops initially to quell the civil strife follow ing the 2003 invasion asked on Cess the Early show to say what tiie administration could have done better she said that Early on officials to diced to a More localized More decentralized 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