By NNN-KUNA,
Baghdad : The United States has condemned the car bomb that took place in a crowded vegetable market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar on Friday, according to a statement issued on Saturday by the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
Washington and the U.S.-led Multi-National Forces in Iraq deem the bombing a terrorist attack against civilians, the statement said.
The U.S. and MNF forces will work closely with the people and government of Iraq to rout the perpetrators of such barbaric acts, the embassy pledged.
The terrorist acts will only lead more unity among the Iraqis in the face of Al-Qaeda organization, it added.
At least 21 people were killed and 72 others were injured in the attack that rocked Tal Afar, south Musol, weeks after the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a crackdown on al Qaeda militants in the area.