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| Iraq |
| Dozens slain in Baghdad, Karbala attacks |
| 2007-04-14 |
| Another bad day. A car bomb blasted through a busy bus station near one of Iraq's holiest shrines Saturday and killed at least 56 people, police and hospital officials said. Separately, a suicide car bomb killed 10 people on a major bridge in downtown Baghdad — the second attack on a span over the Tigris river this week, police said. The Jadriyah bridge suffered little damage. The bus station bombing occurred about 200 yards from the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, where the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad is buried — one of the most important sites for Shiites. Hundreds of people swarmed around ambulances, crying out and pounding their chests in grief. Police fired into the air to disperse crowds and clear roads for emergency vehicles, but angry mobs attacked them and set two police vehicles on fire. Rioters surrounded the Karbala governor's office and demanded his and provincial council members' resignations — blaming them for lax security. Mobs threw stones at the governor's office and set fire to the building. Sorry, folks; 'they' are not responsible for your security - YOU have to help. At least a little good news: Police said four would-be suicide attackers were killed Saturday in the northern city of Kirkuk when one of them detonated his explosives belt prematurely. All four men were killed but no civilians were hurt, said police Brig. Adil Zain-Alabideen. He said all four were insurgents embarking on an attack mission, but did not elaborate. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #4 How come their is no information on the identities of these suicide bombers? I'm not saying the ones today, but what about from over the year? Unfortunately there is enough data for damning evidence. If these guys are coming from the West, their families need to feel the shame of their murders. If they rejoice, we need to know that too. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-04-14 15:35 |
| #3 I've seen the same reaction here in Tennessee. A murder is committed in full view of 20 people but nobody saw anything. One woman interviewed was emphatic the she saw nothing, just heard the shots but in her next breath said, "The Police gotta do something to protect us. They fallin down on they job". |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-04-14 09:58 |
| #2 four would-be suicide attackers were killed Saturday in the northern city of Kirkuk My magic-thinking inner sez the Kurds are gonna overrun the south. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-14 09:56 |
| #1 detonated his explosives belt prematurely. allan? Oh, allan? Where were you? |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-04-14 07:01 |