IRAQ'S NEW PRIME MINISTER SAID ON TUESDAY HE WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO RESTORE STABILITY, VOWING TO BREAK DEADLOCK OVER KEY SECURITY POSTS AND CRACK DOWN ON GANGS THREATENING OIL EXPORTS, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. BUT WITHIN HOURS, A SPATE OF BOMBINGS KILLED 46 PEOPLE, YET ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE TOUGH TASK NURI AL-MALIKI FACES IN SHOWING IRAQIS THAT HE CAN TACKLE VIOLENCE THAT SPARES NO ONE. IN THE DEADLIEST INCIDENT, A BOMB RIPPED THROUGH A CROWDED VEGETABLE MARKET IN THE CAPITAL, KILLING AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING 65. NINE PEOPLE DIED IN AN EAST BAGHDAD BAKERY BOMBING AND AT LEAST 12 DIED IN A SUICIDE CAR-BOMB ATTACK IN HILLA, 100 KM (60 MILES) SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL.
