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Blasts target Baghdad political offices
Bombs exploded at five political party offices in Baghdad, injuring eight people including three who work for a leading Sunni MP banned from Iraq's general election.
An interior ministry official said a bomb struck a campaign office of Saleh al-Mutlak, in the Sunni stronghold of Adhamiyah, barely 24 hours after he was disqualified from the vote on account of alleged links to the outlawed Baath party of executed dictator Saddam Hussein.
"An IED (improvised explosive device) exploded inside the electoral office," said Haider al-Mullah, a candidate from Mutlak's party, the National Dialogue Front, part of a secular coalition contesting the election.
"It's a covert action against the Iraqi nationalist forces and particularly Mutlak. We warned before that there would be attacks against us," Mullah added.