44 killed in Iraq attacks ahead of Arab summit

March 20, 2012 15:48

Bombings across Iraq killed 44 people today, striking at police and Shiite pilgrims in a torrent of violence that officials had dreaded in the run-up to a Baghdad meeting of the Arab world's top leaders, which the government
hoped would showcase the nation's stability. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which also wounded nearly 200 people. But authorities have feared al-Qaeda or its Sunni sympathisers would try to thwart next week's annual Arab League summit.

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