Officials: Taliban, al-Qaida may target election

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A deadly suicide bombing at a mosque and an attempt to down a U.S. military aircraft with a shoulder-launched missile may signal the start of a campaign of violence by al-Qaida and Taliban rebels to destabilize Afghanistan’s legislative elections, President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman said Tuesday.

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Coordinated bombings in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Four apparently coordinated bombings in seven minutes Tuesday killed 18 people in northern Iraq, ending a relative lull in violence.

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