Suicide bombers strike, killing 60, in Iraq

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Reuters

Two suicide bombers wearing vests stuffed with explosives blew themselves up in separate attacks in Iraq on Thursday, killing 28 people in Baghdad and 32, most of them thought to be Iranian pilgrims, north of the capital, police said.

The blast in central Baghdad took place as a group of Iraqi national police were distributing relief supplies to Iraqis who had been driven from their homes during the sectarian bloodshed and insurgency unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Fifty people were wounded and at least five children were among the dead, police said.
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The second attack occurred near Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, in the volatile northeastern province of Diyala. The suicide bomber appeared to have targeted a group of Iranian pilgrims in a restaurant.

Most of the 32 dead were believed to be Iranians visiting Shi'ite Muslim religious sites in Iraq, police said. Sixty-three people were wounded.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE53M31W20090423

[Stuart G]

1. All those lives...and the horror goes on...and on..and on...nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. And so soon after cheney made the tv talking rounds warning of just this..

He is so..prescient.

[AlphaCentauri]

3. Nearly 70 Killed in Suicide Bombings in Iraq

Source: washington post

Two suicide bombers killed more than 70 people Thursday in the bloodiest day in Iraq this year, grim evidence that Sunni insurgents remain capable of carrying out powerful attacks as U.S. forces begin to withdraw.
Shortly after the explosions in Baghdad and Diyala province, Iraqi authorities said they had detained the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, who uses the alias Abu Omar al-Baghdadi.

The assertion, made by Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta, the spokesman for Iraq's security forces, was startling because many U.S. military officials believe Baghdadi is a mythical figure created to give the Sunni insurgent organization, run mainly by non-Arabs, an Iraqi face.

Iraqi authorities in the past have made similar claims that turned out to be false. The U.S. military did not immediately comment on Thursday's report.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/04/23/ST2009042302380.html

[Amonester]

4. the only encouraging words in this article are:

"U.S. forces begin to withdraw"

U.S. forces should have never been there in the first place

Out Of Iraq NOW

[saigon68]

5. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE