"Correspondents say the news marks a setback for efforts to present a unified front on Iran in the face of continued defiance from Tehran. The Iranians are under UN Security Council sanctions for refusing to stop enriching uranium. "

It is assumed that these attacks took place in order to discourage Afghan citizens from joining the police force.

"In his Nobel speech, Obama expounded on the concept of 'just war' and the necessity of the use of force. "I do not bring with me today a definitive solution to the problems of war," Obama said. 'What I do know is that meeting these challenges will require the same vision, hard work, and persistence of those men and women who acted so boldly decades ago. And it will require us to think in new ways about the notions of just war and the imperatives of a just peace.'"

These bombings were carried out presumably as a protest of elections in Iraq that are supposed to take place in January.

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/08/iraq.explosions/index.html

This article seems to be defending Obama's recent decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.

Obama says that his priority is to not allow the Taliban to over the government.

Many are very critical of Obama's plan. They say that he is foolish to set an "arbitrary" deadline for withdrawl.

Experts think that Iraq is on the path to becoming one of the leading "oil-producing nations" in the world.

On Sunday, Obama shared his decision with Cabinet members to send more troops to Afghanistan.

Also on BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8387065.stm