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Iraq
World leaders condemn deadly Iraq bombings
2009-08-20
How kind.
[Al Arabiya Latest] Leaders of the European Union and the United Nations condemned a series of deadly bombings that killed almost 100 people and injured hundreds in Baghdad earlier on Wednesday, in the worst day of carnage to hit the Iraqi capital since American troops pulled out.

As U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said he was saddened by the "appalling" attacks, Iraqi officials raised the death toll from 75 to 95 and said at lleast 563 people were wounded.

The attacks included two massive truck bombings outside government ministries just minutes apart, including one near the heavily fortified Green Zone, a car bombing and a spate of mortar attacks.

The bloodshed struck on the six-year anniversary of a truck bombing on the U.N. compound in Baghdad in 2003, killing U.N. special envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other people.
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#1  Harumph! Harumph!
Posted by: mojo   2009-08-20 11:49  

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