| BAGHDAD, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A series of blasts struck the homes of an anti-terrorism Iraqi official and others, killing at least seven people Thursday, local police said. SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS One explosion struck the house of Lt. Col. Walid Slaiman, director of the anti-terrorism unit's director in Hit, The New York Times reported. Slaiman was wounded, but his mother, wife and three other family members were killed. Local police said another officer and a lawyer died in explosions at their homes, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported. At least six people were injured in the explosions, officials said. Police imposed a curfew on Hit, which has been an al-Qaida stronghold in Anbar province, KUNA said. No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, officials said. "We accuse foreign political agendas and terrorists and al-Qaida", Hikmat Jassem Zaidan, Anbar province's deputy governor, told the Times. "They don't want stability in Iraq." Iraq's parliamentary elections are March 7. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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