Deadly Blasts Hit Najaf, Karbala

[liberalcanuck]

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NAJAF, Iraq Dec 19, 2004 — A car bomb blast during a funeral ceremony Sunday in the Shiite holy city of Najaf killed 30 people and injured 65, a hospital official said.

The blast rocked an area near central Najaf's Maidan Square, close to the revered Imam Ali shrine compound, as a large crowd of people gathered to watch a funeral procession for a tribal sheik pass by.

Youssef Munim, head of the statistics department at Najaf's al-Hakim Hospital, said 30 people were killed by the explosion and 65 were wounded.

Meanwhile, a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside Karbala's main bus station Sunday, killing 13 people and wounding 30, a hospital official said.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=343750

[KingChicken]

1. Najaf, another "model city" according to the U.S. Military... nt

[Moderator]

2. duplicate topic

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