Iraqi market bombing kills many

[jhain]

breaking news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4256484.stm

A car bomb explosion at a market near Baghdad has killed at least 30 people and wounded many others.

(We're Makin' Progress)


The blast occurred in Nahrawan - a poor, mainly Shia town on the eastern outskirts of the Iraqi capital.

More than 200 people, mostly Shia Muslims, have been killed in an upsurge of violence over the past four days.

The militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has reportedly called for war against Shias ahead of next month's referendum on a new Iraqi constitution.

Sunni groups have rejected the document, which is supported by Shias and Kurds.

[Team44Car]

1. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

As many times as I have seen him featured as the whipping boy in
US propaganda I did not know his full name

[Igel]

2. You still don't.

"Abu Musab" is a nom de guerre,'father of' something/one-or-other.

al-Zarqawi = 'the one from Zarqaa' (a burg in Jordan).

http://www.nndb.com/people/952/000032856/

Ahmad Fadeel Nazzal al-Khalayleh

[sonicx]

3. Car Bombing at Iraq Market Leaves 30 Dead

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four days after al-Qaida in Iraq declared all-out war on the Shiite majority, more than 250 people have been killed, 30 of them by a car bomb Saturday outside a produce market in a poor Shiite suburb east of Baghdad. The blast underlined one of the bloodiest weeks since the U.S.-led invasion.

In all, at least 52 people were killed or found dead throughout the country Saturday, victims of mounting sectarian killings promised by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of the terrorist organization and a moving force behind the Sunni-dominated insurgency.

After a suicide car bomber exploded his vehicle Wednesday in the midst of assembled day laborers in a largely Shiite neighborhood in north Baghdad, an audio tape posted on the Internet and claiming to be from al-Zarqawi announced "all-out war against Shiites everywhere. Beware, there will be no mercy."

The death toll from at least 14 bombings Wednesday was 167, marking the worst day of violence in the capital since U.S. troops invaded and overthrew Saddam Hussein 2 1/2 years ago.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050917/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[Erika]

4. And why are we there?

See www.icasualties.org for details. We now have 1,899 dead. I've heard a good rule of thumb is that for every death, 7 are wounded.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Man, I was worried they were going to have a civil war over there

I feel a lot better now..............