Car bombings kill 13 civilians in Iraqi capital
Source: AP-EXCITE
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN
BAGHDAD (AP) - Two separate car bomb explosions targeted Sunday morning commuters in Baghdad, killing at least 13 civilians, officials said, amid an ongoing standoff between Iraqi forces and al-Qaida-linked militants west of the Iraqi capital.
The blasts came a day after a senior American official wrapped up a three-day visit to Iraq to meet with top political leaders to discuss the security crisis in the vast Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar.
The deadliest blast occurred at a bustling bus station in central Baghdad when an explosives-laden car exploded outside the station in the Allawi area, killing at least nine people and wounding 16, a police officer said. Thousands of people use the bus station every day or pass through the area. Last Thursday, a suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of security force recruits nearby, killing nearly two dozen.
Another parked car bomb targeted a gathering of buses and taxis in Baghdad's northern Hurriyah neighborhood, killing four civilians and wounding 12 others, the same police officer said.
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In this Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 photo, gunmen patrol in Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Fighting between security forces and al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province has killed at least 60 people over the past two weeks, an official said Saturday. International observers have warned of shortages of food, fuel and other necessities, particularly in Fallujah. United Nations records show that more than 11,000 families have been uprooted by the fighting. (AP Photo)
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Like zero, zippo, zilch, nada?
We gave them this wonderful democracy 
is a local 800 pound gorilla to unify the tribes and crush any rabble rousers.
As long as every jihadist group thinks they have a chance at power, it'll be the same old BS.
