Baghdad Mortars, Mosul Bomb Kills Three

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded in a busy Mosul market Thursday and mortar rounds struck near the Italian Embassy and an Iraqi National Guard base in Baghdad, killing three civilians and wounding at least seven.


Shiite figures supporting Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most senior Shiite cleric in Iraq (news - web sites), also were expected to make an announcement later Thursday regarding efforts to form a coalition of political parties and independents to run in next month's election, a source said.


Two Iraqis were injured and hospitalized after the car bomb exploded in eastern Mosul, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Hastings said. Iraqi policeman Hassan Ahmed said the blast happened in an eastern Mosul fruit and vegetable market.


Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, has been the scene of regular attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces by insurgents aimed at derailing the country's reconstruction ahead of next month's elections.

[izzie]

1. This city will be harder to make dust out of.

I think it has about 3 million people. We can chew up all these little cities for lunch but this one will be different.

[leftchick]

2. I agree...

The USA is doomed in Iraq. I just wonder how many more have to die before the murikans figure it out. :(

[llmart]

3. That's not true......

They're going to have "free elections" in January come hell or high water (probably hell first) and then we'll proclaim they have a "democracy" and everything will be hunky dory.

Why are you such a pessimist (realist)?

(major sarcasm here)

[leftchick]

4. turning the TV off...

does wonders for one's sense of what is real. :)

[peacebird]

5. Afghanistan had elections, stuff's hunky dory over there right?

well maybe except for the war lords and taliban ruling most of the country, oh and that pesky 239% increase in poppy production - but that's just good ol' amurikan-style entrepreneurial growth! bet it's a big money maker too, and amurkins know as long as moneys being made all is good! (serious sarcasm off)

[leftchick]

6. this seems to be a different bombing....

A man cheers next to burning pick up trucks of Iraqi National Guard in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday Dec. 9 2004 after they were hit by a roadside bomb. (AP Photo)


....Lots happening in Mosul these days.

[leftchick]

7. yes, different bombing indeed....

Here is the market bombing....



Iraqi people gather near the remains of a car bomb in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday Dec. 9, 2004. A car bomb exploded in a crowded market in this northern city and caused Iraqi casualties, the police and U.S. military said. (AP Photo)

[leftchick]

8. From the Baghdad attack...

An Iraqi woman grieves while carrying the bloodied shirt of her brother who was killed when a mortar landed outside their house in Baghdad, December 9, 2004. At least two Iraqi civilians and one National Guardsman were killed in mortars attack against a security headquarters in the capital Baghdad, witnesses said. Rebels have mounted several big attacks in the past few weeks and suicide bombers are still hitting U.S. forces ahead of an election to a new national assembly scheduled for January 30. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz


:(