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| At least five killed in Baghdad explosion | |
| 2004-01-01 | |
At least five people people have been killed in an explosion that tore apart a crowded restaurant in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. According to Aljazeera's correspondent, Iraqi police sources said at least five people were killed in the restaurant blast late on Wednesday night which might be caused by a "suicide bomb explosion". Witnesses said the Nabil restaurant in the Arasat district of Baghdad had been destroyed and the building was in flames. At least 30 people had been inside when the bomb went off, witnesses added. Three journalists from Los Angeles Times were among the wounded. They are Tracy Wilkinson, the Times Rome bureau chief, correspondent Ann Simmons and Chris Kraul, who until recently headed the paper's Mexico City bureau. "So far it's cuts and bruises but we don't have a complete report," Times Managing Editor Dean Baquet said in Los Angeles, adding that all three had been taken to a military hospital for treatment. He said Wilkinson had called the paper and was apparently in good spirits. It is reported that the attempted bomber is still alive and a second suspect is in custody.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 That's not quite what I meant, Steve; it seems to be a common practice, even when they have available easy military targets, that insurgents like the fedayeen, or the shining path, or what have you, to commit violence or extortion against the civilian populace. To see another example, look up what happened in Hue during the Tet Offensive. Of course, many of the invaders were regular troops, but I think the point still stands. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-1-1 8:01:18 PM |
| #6 Phil: exactly. The fedayeen (I won't honor those assholes by calling them 'insurgents') have recognized, through a process of trial-and-error, that taking on American forces gets you killed rapidly. Taking on Iraqi police tends to bring an American reaction so that's out. Booming soft targets is about the only option left, that and robbing banks. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-1-1 1:15:21 PM |
| #5 Fred - got gutless turd's IP addy? He sure sounds familiar... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-1 12:09:09 PM |
| #4 To have an explosion. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-1-1 11:13:13 AM |
| #3 what is the point of this bomb ? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-1-1 9:45:32 AM |
| #2 Has anyone else noticed that this looks like yet another case of the Iraqi insurgents targeting the Iraqi civilian population? The more I look, the more this sort of pattern seems to be common in guerilla movements. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-1-1 8:35:52 AM |
| #1 And how quickly did Al Jizz "arrive" on the scene? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-1 1:21:17 AM |