Bomb in Iraq's Najaf kills 48, wounds 90 -hospital

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/NUE957045.htm

NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb in Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Najaf on Sunday killed 48 people and wounded at least 90, a hospital official said.

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[jimshoes]

1. Does anyone think

they will actually try to hold a free and open election in Iraq in 5 weeks?

[saigon68]

3. A Free and Open Election? (graphic)

DOGS EAT CORPSES




A Dog Lunching on a The Head of an Iraqi Corpse

JUST HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU HAVE "FREE" ELECTIONS IN A COUNTRY-- WHEN
YOU CAN'T EVEN POLICE UP THE DEAD CORPSES SO THE DOGS WON'T EAT
THEM.





Burnt bodies the legs of which were devoured by Dogs.

What a Feast in Fallujah

[maddezmom]

2. update: Suicide Bombers Hit Holy Iraqi Cities; 62 Dead, 130 wounded

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Suicide car bombers struck Iraq (news - web sites)'s two main Shi'ite holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala on Sunday, killing at least 62 people and wounding nearly 130, six weeks before a historic election.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20041219/wl_nm/iraq_dc