Iraqi security forces were tipped off to this week's suicide bombings in Baghdad just hours before the blasts killed 127 people, a Shiite lawmaker said Saturday after a closed-door parliamentary briefing by the nation's defense minister.
But the tip was too vague and came too late to stop the bombings, Defense Minister Abdul-Qader al-Obeidi told lawmakers, according to the legislator, who attended the discussion.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Lawmaker: Iraqi security had tip-off before bombs
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