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| Iraq |
| 15 killed in Tal Afar suicide bombing |
| 2006-03-27 |
| A suicide bomber attacked a joint U.S.-Iraqi military base in northern Iraq in Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding as many as 30, the Iraqi military said. The nationalities of the victims were not immediately known. The attack was reported shortly after noon at an Iraqi army recruiting center in front of the base, which is about 18 miles east of Tal Afar, the ancient city that President Bush singled out in a recent speech as a success story for American and Iraqi forces in the drive to quell the insurgency. Iraqi army Lt. Akram Eid told The Associated Press that many of the injured were taken to the Sykes U.S. Army base on the outskirts of Tal Afar, which is about 40 miles west of Mosul, Iraq's third largest city. The U.S. military in Baghdad said it was checking the report. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 18 miles east of tal afar its a different tribal area |
| Posted by: .mhw 2006-03-27 18:44 |
| #2 Bush uses Tal Afar as an example of good, and they get a sucicide bombing. Has he told anyone lately about the about the good we've done in Tehran and Damascus? |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-03-27 11:41 |
| #1 From AP: Monday's bomber struck an army recruiting center, which is in front of a joint U.S.-Iraqi military base between Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, and the ancient city of Tal Afar. The attack shortly after noon killed 40 people and wounded 30 others — civilians and military personnel — who had gathered among a crowd of recruits for the Iraqi army, the Defense Ministry said. The U.S. military said no American troops were hurt in the bombing and reported only 30 dead. Iraqi army Lt. Akram Eid told The Associated Press that many of the injured were taken to the Sykes U.S. Army base on the outskirts of Tal Afar, about 40 miles west of Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city. The involvement of U.S. troops was limited to helping secure the area after the attack, said Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, a U.S. military spokesman. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-03-27 11:21 |