Shelling and bombings across Iraq killed 28 people Saturday and tribes’ forces blew up a key bridge linking the capital to the north.
Shelling began late on Friday in the south Fallujah neighborhood of Nazal and continued into the early hours yesterday, killing eight people including a young child, and wounding seven, said Doctor Ahmed Shami of the city’s main hospital.
Shelling and air strike continued till late Sunday on the different parts of the Anbar province, killing number of residents. The casualties were mainly among children and elderlies.
Residents of the city on Baghdad’s doorstep blame the army for the shelling. .
The bloodshed, which pushed the death toll for January to more than 800, comes in the run-up to a general election scheduled for April 30, and has stoked fears Iraq is slipping back into all-out conflict
Fallujah and parts of Ramadi have been in the hands of anti-government tribal fighters for weeks.