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| Iraq |
| Wedding bomb toll climbs to 23 |
| 2006-11-01 |
| From correspondents in Baghdad THE death toll from a car bomb attack on an Iraqi wedding party has climbed to 23, including 19 children aged under 10, the manager of the hospital that received the bodies said today. A car bomb exploded early today outside a family home hosting a wedding reception in the north Baghdad district of Ur, just as the bridegroom's party was arriving in a convoy of cars. Qasim Modalal, director of the Imam Ali hospital, told AFP that 23 people were killed in the blast - including 19 infants - and that another 19 were wounded, many of them seriously. Baghdad is in the grip of a vicious sectarian war between rival Sunni and Shiite extremist factions, despite a massive security operation that has 15,000 US troops and more than 40,000 Iraqi soldiers and police on the streets. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #2 What's with all the blowing up of weddings? A high concentration of soft targets. The I hope the bride's family catches Maliki alone sometime. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-01 14:06 |
| #1 I got those Wedding What's with all the blowing up of weddings? Seems like these guys have something against marriage. Is it because gay marriage isn't allowed? Or goat marriage? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-11-01 08:32 |