MOSUL, Iraq, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers, one in a car and the other wearing an explosive vest, killed 22 people and wounded 26 in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, police in the regional capital Mosul said.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (3rd L) speaks during a news conference after a meeting of top government officials in Baghdad, November 26, 2006. Iraqi Prime Minister Buri al- Maliki made an urgent plea on Sunday to the rival sectarian factions in his national unity government to end disputes that he said were behind the bloodshed and crisis of recent days. Iraq's government officials from (L-R) are Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, President Jalal Talabani, al-Dabbagh, Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki, and Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie.