The emergency call system for patients at 1 Military Hospital is still out of order after two years, says a report.
Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities on Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas.
A suicide car bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in oil-rich southern Basra on Saturday, killing 28 people and wounding 62. In Baghdad, a Russian diplomat was killed and four diplomatic employees were kidnapped. Meanwhile, Iraq’s prime minister is poised to appoint ministers to run the army and police.
Militants blew up 13 cars in three hours, wounding at least 20 people, while 13 Iraqis were killed in other violence that fed the turmoil following last month’s contested parliamentary elections. Sunni Arabs made their opening bid on Sunday in what could be protracted negotiations to form a new government.
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The governing Shi’ite coalition has called on Iraqis to accept results showing the religious bloc leading in parliamentary elections and moved ahead with efforts to form a ”national unity” government. Meanwhile, militants released a video of a Jordanian hostage and gave that country three days to cut ties with the Baghdad government.
Insurgents killed 38 people in a series of rapid-fire attacks, including three suicide car bombings within an hour and a drive-by shooting at a busy Baghdad market that ratcheted up the bloody campaign to undermine Iraq’s government.