Bombs jolt Baghdad after dawn, at least 3 dead

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8867555&type=worldNews

Bombs jolt Baghdad after dawn, at least 3 dead
Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:48 AM ET

By Lutfi Abu Oun
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three bombs shook Baghdad after dawn on Thursday, killing at least three policemen and causing mayhem in the downtown Karrada commercial district.

Two other policemen were wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked their patrol, police sources said. A second car bomb exploded near a well-known Shi'ite mosque, causing an unknown number of casualties, police officers added.

A Reuters Television cameraman saw at least three bodies being carried away from the scene of the attack on police.

The bombs were close to each other and went off a few minutes apart, shortly after 7 a.m. (0300 GMT). A third blast later in the same area was being investigated, police said.

The early hour may have reduced the casualty toll, although figures from police were not immediately available.

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[fooj]

1. "The early hour may have reduced the casualty toll"...OMG!

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[Erika]

2. Don't you love our style of liberation?

See www.icasualties.org

[saigon68]

3. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As he prepared to have his mommy feed him his "morning bottle".

[Contrary1]

5. And Cheney's witless

"last throes" remark couldn't have helped any.

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4. Nearly 40 people died in a rash of car bombings

Nearly 40 people died in a rash of car bombings in Iraq's capital over a 12-hour span, including two coordinated blasts early Thursday that killed 15 and wounded 28 in a central Baghdad shopping district, police said.

Thursday's carnage in the capital's Karradah area came on the heels of bloodshed late Wednesday that included four car bombs exploding within minutes of one another. At least 23 people were killed in western Baghdad's Shula neighborhood and a nearby suburb. Nineteen were killed in Shula alone.

The attacks served as a chilling reminder of how potent militants remain in the capital despite around-the-clock American and Iraqi troop patrols.

Most residents of Karradah and Shula are from Iraq's Shiite majority, while the insurgents are almost exclusively Sunni Arabs, a minority that dominated Iraq until Saddam Hussein's ouster two years ago

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050623/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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6. BBC VIDEO CLIP: Bombs kill 15 people in Baghdad

Three bombs have shaken the centre of the Iraqi capital Baghdad - killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens.

Police say the explosions came shortly after dawn in the Karrada district of the city. Caroline Hawley reports from Baghdad.

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