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| Car Bombing of Baghdad Shia Mosque Kills 61 |
| 2007-06-19 |
| Or: 'Al Quaeda in Iraq Fights Back Against the Surge' BAGHDAD (AP) - A car bomb struck a Shiite mosque in a busy commercial district Tuesday in Baghdad, killing at least 61 people and wounding more than 100, police said. Brave, Brave Lions of Islam The thunderous explosion, which occurred just before 2 p.m., sent smoke billowing over concrete buildings in central Baghdad, two days after the expiration of a curfew aimed at preventing retaliatory violence from last week's bombing of a Shiite mosque in Samarra. And we're going to keep blowing up your mosques until you go postal and start random religious retaliation; we have to get this civil war going, guys; we're running out of time! Gunfire erupted shortly after the blast, which a police officer said went off near the Khillani mosque in the commercial area of Sinak. As rescue officials pulled victims from the rubble, police and hospital officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns said at least 61 people were killed and 128 were wounded. It was the second time in the past month that the Sinak area has been hit by a deadly bombing. On May 28, a suicide car bomber in the area killed at least 21 people. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #3 They did not damage the mosque. The outer wall sustained some damage. In other words, it was near the mosque. AP plays it up but it wasn't even a near miss. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-06-19 21:42 |
| #2 Not necessarily, mhw. A lot (relatively) of grease may have changed hands. Don't underestimate it as a motivator. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-19 13:03 |
| #1 If AlQ is going into this neighborhood successfully twice in a month, it implies they have some local allies. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-06-19 11:40 |