From International Herald Tribune

A series of bombings and mortar attacks – including two suicide bombings in the northern city of Kirkuk, killed at least 27 people and wounded another 80 Sunday.

A suicide truck bomb exploded in the morning in the center of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, killing 18 and wounding 55, said police Brig. Sarhat Qadir. A few hours later, a suicide car bomb rammed into a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol in the south of the city, killing at least three bystanders and wounding eight others, Qadir said.

He said there were also casualties among the soldiers, but would not provide further details.

A series of near simultaneous mortar and bomb attacks in Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, killed four people and wounded 10 in the center of the city.

In the truck suicide bombing in Kirkuk, a gunman sitting beside the bomber opened fire on civilians before the truck exploded near the city’s criminal court and the headquarters of two main Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Qadir said.

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