Baghdad bombings kill 15

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A suicide attacker ploughed a car bomb into a police checkpoint protecting Baghdad University, killing at least 11 people and wounding 30 more, medical officials said.


Shortly afterwards another car bomb killed four people and wounded seven when it exploded outside a government passport office in the Kasr neighbourhood in the north of the city, according to a security official.

Medics at the war-torn Iraqi capital's Yarmuk and Ibn Nafis hospitals said most of the casualties in the campus attack were students, while a security official said three national police officers were killed and seven wounded.

"People were hopping over and treading on bodies as they scattered to get away," said a young man who fled the scene.

The explosion took place on a major road leading through the Karrada area, a once prosperous part of Baghdad which was known as one of the most mixed areas of the city but is now increasingly dominated by Shiites.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061220/wl_afp/iraqunrest_061220084807

[maddezmom]

1. Suicide bomber kills 7 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber slammed into a police checkpoint in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing seven people and injuring 27, police said.

Three policemen were among those killed, and seven were among the injured. The attack occurred in the Jadriyah district of the Iraqi capital.

At least half a dozen other explosions were heard, some in the area of the Green Zone, where Iraq's parliament and the U.S. and British embassies are based.

link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_explosions

[saigon68]

2. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[krispos42]

3. Quiet day in Baghdad

Sad, isn't it?

Baghdad has the same murder rate as the whole United States.

Doubly sad, isn't it?