 The radio and terriblevision say the death toll could be as high as 100. Looks like Zark is kicking off his counter-offensive in Tal Afar, though I'm still not sure why he sorta sat out Katrina and its aftermath ...| Someone should be fired for the slow Al-Q response to the disaster. It's not like they couldn't see it coming; they had days to prepare for this. |
The casualty toll from a car bomb in Baghdad has risen to at least 40 dead and 100 wounded, police say. A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle near a group of labourers who had gathered to look for work in the mostly Shi'ite district of Kathimiya in north Baghdad. The blast occurred early in the morning, local time, near Oruba square where labourers gather before going to work at nearby construction sites, said police Major Musa Abdel Kerim. He said the suicide driver drove his car into the gathering before detonating the explosive charge.| The report I heard said he pulled up and called out that he needed to hire a bunch of workmen, he waited 'til a crowd had gathered around his truck before he hit the trigger. |
Meanwhile, gunmen dragged 17 people out of their homes just north of Baghdad and killed them, other police said. Police said the gunmen rounded up their victims and shot them outside their houses in Taji.| I was being flippant before but I'm not now; this is dreadful. Faster, please. |
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