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| Bomb kills 10 in cattle market south of Baghdad |
| 2009-03-05 |
| A car bomb exploded Thursday in a crowded cattle market south of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and injuring 60 others, Iraqi police and medical officials said. The parked car exploded at the height of the morning buying and selling at the market on the outskirts of Hillah, 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, said Iraqi police Maj. Muthana Khalid. The blast scattered bodies and animal carcasses throughout the market, a witness said. While violence has declined dramatically in Iraq during the past 18 months, there are concerns about a possible upward trend in bloodshed after a series of high-profile attacks on civilians and U.S. and Iraqi security forces in recent weeks. All the dead and injured in Thursday's bombing were civilians, Khalid said. Dr. Hussam al-Janabi, a medical official in Hillah, confirmed the casualty figures. The U.S. military put the casualty toll at 10 dead and 56 wounded. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #5 "I think the consequences could be very dangerous." If the O'man fumbles Iraq, it would be seen as a clear stab in the back by the military population in general. Not a good thing when you're already alienating more and more people everyday and driving the economy into the ground. History has never been kind to that sort of performance. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-05 21:24 |
| #4 Bush adviser says Iraq timeline "very dangerous" Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:37 pm BST"Asked about a hypothetical two-year withdrawal timeline, Adm. Michael Mullen, JCS Chairman told "Fox News Sunday, "I think the consequences could be very dangerous." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-05 10:18 |
| #3 Democracy & Islam: one man, one suicide belt. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-05 10:10 |
| #2 Somebody bought some bad hamburger and took offense? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-03-05 10:01 |
| #1 So, is the Sandinista president of the general assembly going to say anything? Is he going to acknowledge this or the thousand other such incidents were done by our enemies, or is he just going to add these to the body count he will imply were done by US soldiers on patrol to meet their quota for the stew pot or whatever? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-05 09:54 |