Two Bomb Attacks Kill 19 in Northern Iraq

Iraqi police say two bomb attacks in northern Iraq have killed at least 19 people.

Police say a blast in Kirkuk Thursday killed eight people, while a suicide truck bomber hit a police station in Mosul, killing at least 11 people and wounding 25. Authorities in Mosul imposed a strict curfew throughout the city after the attack.

A U.S. military spokesman, Major General William Caldwell, said violence in Baghdad has increased 22 percent in the first three weeks of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan from the previous three weeks.

伊拉克警方说，伊拉克北部发生的两起炸弹袭击中至少19人丧生。警方说，星期四在发生在基尔库克的爆炸中，8人被炸死。另一起发生在摩苏尔，一名自杀炸弹杀手驾驶一辆卡车袭击了当地的一个警察局，炸死至少11人，炸伤25人。袭击发生后，摩苏尔有关当局立即对全城实施严格戒严。

美国军方发言人考德威尔少将说，穆斯林斋月开始以来的三个星期，伊拉克的暴力活动比斋月前的三星期增加了22%。