At least 23 people were killed on Tuesday in attacks in Iraq. In the deadliest incident, gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying Iraqi workers to a U.S. airbase in central Iraq, killing 13, police said Tuesday.
Police Col. Mahdi Saleh, from the Khalis police force, said 13 people were killed when assailants in two cars attacked the bus on its way to al-Faris airbase in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Another police official, who declined to give his name, said 10 workers were killed. The bus driver slammed into a nearby car, killing three civilians inside, he said.
In a separate account, Dr. Ahmed Fouad, head of Baqouba hospital morgue, said the morgue had received seven bodies, and that there were six others injured.
Meanwhile, two-thirds of Britons believe there is a link between their country's involvement in the US-led occupation of Iraq and the July 7 bombings in London.
Voters in a new poll also believe that attacks in Britain by suicide bombers are inevitable, with 75 per cent of those responding saying there will be more attacks. "The research suggests the government is losing the battle to persuade people that terrorist attacks on the UK have not been made more likely by the invasion of Iraq," the Guardian newspaper said Tuesday.
According to the Guardian/ICM poll, 33 per cent of Britons think the prime minister bears "a lot" of responsibility for the London bombings and a further 31 per cent "a little".
Only 28 per cent of voters agree with the government that Iraq and the London bombings are not connected.
