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2006-08-14 Iraq

Blasts kill 62 in Shiite area of Baghdad

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Posted by Bobby 2006-08-14 06:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Boy, Sahr's army is'nt very good is it. You'd think with the great training they get from Iran, they could do better than this in thier own land. Assuming Iran cares at all.

Posted by plainslow 2006-08-14 08:04|| 2006-08-14 08:04|| Front Page Top

#2 At least these Sunnis are better shots than Hizb'allah.

Posted by ed 2006-08-14 08:07|| 2006-08-14 08:07|| Front Page Top

#3 BAGHDAD, Iraq - Residents dug through wrecked buildings and swept glass off the streets Monday in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood devastated by explosions that killed at least 47 people. Iraqis blamed bombs, but U.S. military experts pointed to a natural gas explosion.

U.S. ordnance teams went to the Zafraniyah neighborhood and found no evidence of anything other than a significant gas explosion Sunday night followed by subsequent blasts related to a gas leak, the U.S. military spokesman, Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell, said. "If in fact there had been a hole in the ground, there would be some residue from a Katyusha rocket if one had been fired there, he told reporters.

Iraqi officials insisted the damage was caused by car bombs and a rocket barrage fired from Dora, a mostly Sunni district - evidence that sectarian violence roiling the capital shows no sign of stopping despite an additional 12,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops soldiers rushed in to enforce peace. Prime Minister Nouri al-Malikis office said in a statement that the attack started with a number of Katyusha rockets falling on a building followed by a car bomb, more rockets on a post office, a motorcycle bomb near a public library and mortar rounds near an Armenian church. The statement said 47 people were killed and 100 injured.

The terrorists planned this ugly crime so that it would inflict maximum harm on innocent civilians, and this is proof of their deep-rooted hatred for Iraq and their attempt to incite sectarianism, al-Maliki said.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-08-14 12:44|| 2006-08-14 12:44|| Front Page Top

#4 The secret plan.......

Suicide by islam

Posted by kelly 2006-08-14 17:03|| 2006-08-14 17:03|| Front Page Top

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