Suicide Bombers Kill 57, Wound 300 In Iraq

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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/28/female-suicide-bombers-kill-57-wound-300-in-iraq/


Female suicide Bombers kill 57, wound 300 in Iraq
By: John Amato on Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 3:00 PM - PDT
The Iraq security forces couldn’t stop these attacks.

Female suicide bombers struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300, police said.

Three women detonated their explosive vests in the middle of pilgrims in Baghdad, moments after a roadside bomb attack, killing at least 32 people and wounding 102, Iraqi officials said.

Authorities clamped a 3 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew on the city, which is home to Kurds, Turkomen, Arabs and smaller groups.

The bombings - among the deadliest this year - were a devastating blow to the Iraqi public’s growing confidence in recent security gains that have seen violence in Iraq drop to its lowest levels in more than four years…read on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMACzBomDK4

[Disturbed]

1. It seems that I was correct. Female suicide bombers are a trend.

So much for the "Surge" being so damn successful.

[TexasObserver]

2. why won't the bombers admit the Surge is working?