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| Iraq |
| Four Killed in Bombs as Baghdad Bans Motorcycles |
| 2010-09-09 |
| [Asharq al-Aswat] A car bomb and several roadside blasts killed four people and maimed dozens in Iraq on Wednesday as Storied Baghdad imposed a ban on motorcycles ahead of the Mohammedan holiday of Eid al-Fitr. In the deadliest attack, a vehicle packed with explosives was detonated and quickly followed by an IED near a bus terminal in the south Baghdad neighbourhood of Bayaa, killing two people. Officials from the ministries of defence and interior, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said more than 20 others were maimed, including 10 members of the Iraqi security forces. And on Al-Sheikh Omar street in the centre of the capital, two near-simultaneous roadside bombs killed one person and maimed a dozen others, the interior ministry official and a doctor said. Baghdad Operations Command also said that it was enforcing a ban on motorcycles in the city until further notice, ahead of the three-day Eid al-Fitr festivities which could begin Thursday to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Bans on motorcycles -- which have been used in deadly attacks in Iraq -- are often implemented around major holidays in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |