After security success, Baghdad still a target

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After security success, Baghdad still a target
By Anna Johnson - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Sep 2, 2008 16:21:51 EDT

BAGHDAD — Salam Dawood sat in his car stuck in traffic. A mother and her two sons shuffled among the vehicles, begging for money when a roadside bomb exploded.

The toll was low by Baghdad standards: Dawood and another man were dead. The mother, her sons and five others were wounded, according to police and hospital officials.

But Tuesday’s blast — a bomb hidden under a pedestrian bridge — represents the lingering perils in a city slowly emerging from years of almost unchecked violence.

Small-scale bombings and shootings persist in the capital — each a reminder that the war is not over and that Baghdad remains a place where no trip is routine and residents are still guided by precautions.

Most won’t drive at night. Many try to avoid heavily clogged streets, remembering that suicide bombers and other attackers intent on killing large numbers of civilians favor traffic jams or congested areas.


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