Ten suicide bombs in Iraqi capital, 25 dead

[floda]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ten suicide car bombers exploded in a series of apparently coordinated attacks across the Iraqi capital on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 100, police sources said.

All appeared to target U.S. or Iraqi security forces, police said. Reuters journalists saw the aftermath of five. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for those, before police reported a further five suicide car bomb attacks late in the day.

They followed an abortive triple suicide attack on Baghdad's government compound on Thursday and a strike close to a U.S. patrol that killed 27, many of them children, a day earlier.

On Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, streets are generally quieter, which may have held down the casualty toll.

more..

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2005-07-15T170808Z_01_SCH544753_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ.xml

[Deja Q]

1. Yup. Insuregent activity decreasing, we've turned a corner, all is better

[K8-EEE]

2. Mission Accomplished!!

They sure sound like they're enjoying their freedom over there. I feel awful for the Iraqis and the US troops that are caught in this mess.

[opihimoimoi]

5. All of this are the RESULTS of BUSHCO Lying to the WORLD

They have hurt/killed/maimed/ too many People.....

[Bo]

3. Business as usual

[Newsjock]

4. Today, we are all Iraqis

7/15/05 changed everything.

Funny how we never hear that when only "they" get killed.

[Brundle_Fly]

6. exactly

there have been over 45 days when more than 50 Iraqis have died in bombings.

and thats not mentioning the US bombing either. ugh.

[lvx35]

9. HEY, that's good.

Today, we are all Iraqis. I'm going to remember that one.

[dutchdemocrat]

7. Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not London.

Who fucking cares?

"Sarcasm"

[Jacobin]

8. Last Throes (tm)

Really. Those guys? Those were the last ones. That's it. Now freedom will take hold and all Iraqis will love Murkins.

I know it cause Dickless Cheney told me so.

[aquart]

10. 25 dead including the bombers?

1.5 victims per bomb? Sounds like people are getting much cannier about avoiding them.

[slackmaster]

14. That is a pretty poor kill ratio

I have to wonder what they are trying to accomplish by blowing themselves up as opposed to using remote-control bombs or simply shooting people at random.

I thought one of the tenets of Islam is that people who commit suicide can't get into Paradise.

[NNN0LHI]

15. Its called imaginative mathematics by the people releasing the numbers n/t

[sendero]

11. Watch out for that last throe..

.... it's a doozy :(

[deutsey]

12. They're just celebrating for all those rightwing radio guys

who are supposedly coming over to cover all the "good" news in Iraq.

[daleo]

13. You wonder where they get all the suicide bombers from

I don't know if anyone has kept a running count, but it must be in the hundreds by now. I suppose Bush and company assume they will run out of volunteers eventually. But, that may take a long time, given that Bushco's very behavior seems to be motivating plenty of recruits.

[ECH1969]

16. There has been hundreds of suicide bombers so far

And, if Bush wants to know where they come from he should ask his Saudi friends. They are exporting their problem so they don't have to deal with them.

[maddezmom]

17. Car Bombs and Explosions Kill 30 in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Suicide car bombs and explosions rocked wide areas of the Iraqi capital Friday, targeting U.S. and Iraqi security forces and killing at least 30 people. Two U.S. Marines died in a blast near the Jordanian border.

At least 111 people, including seven American soldiers, were wounded in the bombings — at least seven of them suicide attacks. One of the suicide bombings occurred after sundown on a bridge over the Tigris River near the home of President Jalal Talabani.

Four security guards were killed and nine people were wounded in that attack. Talabani was at home at the time, aides said, but the target may have been a U.S. convoy.

The wave of attacks, which began at midmorning and persisted after nightfall, marked an escalation in car bombings in Baghdad after a six-week U.S.-Iraqi military offensive sharply reduced their numbers since May.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050715/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_050715200707

[Roland99]

18. Operation Lightnining to the rescue!!

40,000 troops and a city-encircling wall ensure that Baghdad will be safe forever!!




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