*Perilous Times

32 killed in Baghdad blast*

At least 32 people were killed and 71 wounded in twin blasts which
rocked Baghdad.

11:33AM BST 28 Oct 2011
The Telegraph UK

A defence ministry official put the toll from Thursday night's twin
roadside bomb attacks in Baghdad's Urr neighbourhood at 32 dead and 71
wounded while an interior ministry official said 36 were killed and 78
wounded.

Officials had given initial tolls of at least 10 dead and 32 wounded.

They said one bomb exploded at around 7:00 pm local time on Thursday
followed by a second after security forces and crowds gathered at the scene.

The revised death toll marks the highest since August 15, when twin
bombings in the southern city of Kut, blamed on Al-Qaeda, killed 40 people.

The attacks come amid concerns that violence may increase after US
forces leave Iraq by the end of the year, and are the deadliest since
that decision was announced by US President Barack Obama on October 21.

The US had engaged in protracted and ultimately failed negotiations with
Iraq about a post-2011 US military training mission here.

The issue of immunity from prosecution for US trainers was the main
sticking point, with Washington insisting its troops be given immunity,
while Baghdad said that was not necessary.

The roughly 39,000 US soldiers still in Iraq are now in the process of
drawing down, after a nearly nine-year campaign that has left thousands
of American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqi dead, and costs
billions of dollars.