Baghdad Bombings Kill 34 Children

[ElsewheresDaughter]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20040930/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least three bombs exploded near a U.S. convoy in western Baghdad on Thursday, killing 34 children and three adults, a hospital official said. Hours earlier, a suicide car bombing killed a U.S. soldier and two Iraqis on the capital's outskirts.

It was unclear if the bombs — which also wounded 137 people, including 10 U.S. soldiers — targeted the convoy or a ceremony marking the opening of a new sewage system in the neighborhood that was taking place at the same time. Also unknown was the nationalities of the casualties or whether there were U.S. soldiers among the dead.


A U.S. helicopter evacuated some of the wounded while other aircraft circled overhead, an Associated Press photographer reported from the scene. U.S. forces sealed off the area.


In the northern city of Tal Afar, meanwhile, a car bomb targeting the police chief killed at least four people and wounded 16, Iraqi and U.S. officials said. A police officer speaking on condition of anonymity said the police chief, whose name was only given as Col. Ismail, escaped the assassination attempt.


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Hours earlier, a suicide car bomber struck in the Abu Ghraib area outside of Baghdad, killing the American and at least two Iraqis, and wounding 60, said Dr. Abbas al-Timimi. Three of the wounded were U.S. troops, said Maj. Philip Smith, spokesman for the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division.

Elsewhere on the outskirts of Baghdad, insurgents fired a rocket Thursday at a logistical support area for coalition forces, killing one soldier and wounding seven, the military said in a statement. No further information was disclosed — including whether or not it was a U.S. soldier.


Meanwhile Thursday, the United States targeted a suspected terrorist safehouse in Fallujah, killing at least four Iraqis. The military said intelligence reports indicated the house was being used by followers of Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to plan attacks against U.S.-led forces and Iraqi citizens.


"Significant secondary explosions were observed during the impact, indicating a large cache of illegal ordinance was stored in the safehouse," the statement said. Explosions continued for hours.


At least four Iraqis were killed — including two women and one child — and eight were wounded, said Dr. Ahmed Khalil of the Fallujah General Hospital. Witnesses said two houses were flattened and four others damaged in the strike.


American jets, tanks and artillery units repeatedly have targeted al-Zarqawi's network in Fallujah in recent weeks as U.S.-led forces seek to assert control over insurgent enclaves ahead of elections slated for January. The military says the attacks have inflicted significant damage on the network, which has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings, kidnappings and other attacks.





Doctors say scores of civilians have been killed and wounded in the strikes.

[ewagner]

1. I'm getting an ugly picture of this

One of the bombs went off at the "grand opening" of a new sewage treatment system....apparently that bomb killed 34 children.

With the level of violence going on AND full knowledge that gathering a crowd will make a like target for terror bombings...

WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY BRING SO MANY CHILDREN TO THAT EVENT?

WHY HOLD THE %^#&* PUBLICITY STUNT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Damn!

Stupid stupid stupid..........

[Nlighten1]

2. I feel for those Iraqi parents.

And for the parents of US service men and women who have died because of Dumbya's illegal war.


When is this nightmare going to end?

[LizW]

3. A ceremony

for the opening of a sewage system? Isn't that just an invitation to bombers? :eyes:

[deutsey]

4. In a warped way, I envy Bush supporters

It must be wonderful to be fucking oblivious to this horrific reality their Fearless Leader has wrought.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. Why do I get this feeling that this country will pay dearly for

what this Bush misadministation is doing to the country of Iraq and it's citizens.:-(

[Barrett808]

6. Oh, yes, the illegal invasion will haunt us for generations

The Iraqi people remember events for a thousand years and longer.

[cspiguy]

7. real george washingtons, these insurgents...

:eyes:

[jmcgowanjm]

8. Uh, that's 37 US KIA, 50 WIA

Insurgents detonated two bombs near a convoy of U.S.
military vehicles in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing
at least 37 people and wounding as many as 120, according
to news reports.

A hospital near the scene of the attack received 37 bodies
and more than 50 wounded, the Associated Press
reported. Reuters reported at least 35 dead and around
120 wounded, many of them
children.

Police said the first blast was probably caused by a car
bomb, Reuters reported. A second bomb went off
shortly afterward, as U.S. troops tried to help those hit in the
first explosion.

It was not clear if the victims were civilians or U.S. troops.

http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display.jsp?an=20040930214

Edit:
How does anyone know they are children killed.
Propaganda plays a very big part.Lets take the news and
article apart.First states 2 attacks near convoy of
military vehicles.37 bodies,50 wounded.Then second
attack happened as U.S troops tried to help those hit by the
first attack.Now analysis from this report states attack near
a convoy of military vehicles,meaning that there was more
than one vehicle many vehicles,this suggests it was not in
a populated civilian area.As the vehicles were in a convoy
ie moving and not stationary.Second thing in the report is
U.S soldiers tried to help those in the first attack.Believe me
U.S soldiers do not HELP anyone that is not a U.S soldier,
which means those casualties from the first
were American.Everyone is pushed back,U.S do not allow
Iraqi soldiers or police near American dead and wounded,
mainly for the reason of reporting and photographs.A
second attack occured this was what caused the majority
of casualties.

[Moderator]

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