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| Iraq |
| Iraq rocked by bomb blasts |
| 2009-01-21 |
| A series of blasts across Iraq have killed five people and injured at least 14 others. Tuesday's attacks were carried out in Baghdad, Mosul and al-Zubair, which lies near the oil-rich southern city of Basra, police sources said. Three civilians were killed and eight others injured after a car bomb targeting a US patrol exploded in the central Baghdad district of Mansour. The US military said two of its soldiers were among the injured. Police colonel Abdulmajid Mohammed was killed after a bomb planted under his car exploded as he drove to work in al-Zubair. His driver, also a police officer, survived the explosion but was said to be in a critical condition in hospital. In another attack, Ammar Aziz Mohammed Ali, the deputy higher education minister, survived an assassination attempt in Baghdad. "A roadside bomb blew up as the ... minister's convoy was passing down al-Nidhal Street in central Baghdad without hurting him," a government-issued statement said. Two civilians and two police officers were wounded by the blast, according to an interior ministry source. Also on Tuesday, Iraqi police said a real-estate agent was shot dead after unknown assailants opened fire on his office in the city of Mosul, which lies around 370km north of Baghdad. Another police officer was left wounded after security forces opened fire on a suspected suicide bomber who refused to stop as he approached a police checkpoint. The police said it was unclear if the explosion was a result of gunfire from security forces or if the driver had detonated any explosive devices. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 ...all the world would dance in flowers and sing kumbaya and make brownies together. We shoulda elected Cat Stevens. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-01-21 12:15 |
| #5 There are 7 million stories in the City and this is just one of them. |
| Posted by: James Franciscus 2009-01-21 12:10 |
| #4 Another day, another disappointed seeker of virgins. |
| Posted by: Angailing Black5905 2009-01-21 08:51 |
| #3 but i thought that with the ascendancy of the zero all the world would dance in flowers and sing kumbaya and make brownies together. come on, he promised 'hope' and 'change' and to talk to our enemies |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-01-21 01:53 |
| #2 Well it is maybe the start of another Tet offensive presented to the new owner of White House to see if he has any balls at all. |
| Posted by: Large Snerong7311 2009-01-21 00:47 |
| #1 Celebrating new management? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-21 00:13 |