Car bombs kill 38, wound 84 in Baghdad

[maddezmom]

edited new info at the link:

By QAIS AL-BASHIR, Associated Press Writer
7 minutes ago



BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three bombs exploded in parked cars near an area packed with vendors in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 38 people and wounding 84, officials said. The bombs were about 100 yards apart and exploded nearly simultaneously, according to police Lt. Ali Muhsin and hospital officials as the casualty toll rose from an initial report of 14 killed.

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Muhsin said most of the victims were in the busy al-Sadriyah shopping district in central Baghdad.

Earlier on Saturday, U.S. and Iraqi forces began an offensive in the capital of a northern province where fierce fighting has taken place with Sunni Arab insurgents, the U.S. command said.

Police said at least 36 suspected militants were detained during one pre-dawn raid at a major intersection in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, but attacks by suspected insurgents continued outside the city, the capital of Diyala province where fighting has raged for a week between Sunni insurgents and police.

Later in the day, state-run

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[maddezmom]

1. BBC reporting 35 killed and more than 80 injured

:(

[BlueManDude]

2. Lieberman has been quiet the last 2 weeks.

[antiimperialist]

3. This brings the day total to 53

To this bombing you cite we may add:

5 people gunned down in Balad
1 cop killed in west baghdad checkpoint
2 killed by rocket in Katyusha
2 Shiite killed in Khalis
1 person killed in Yusufiya roadside bombing
1 person killed by bomb in Iskandariya
1 policeman killed in New Baghdad district of Baghdad
1 body found in Mussayab
1 contractor killed in Mosul

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02104286.htm

[maddezmom]

4. and the total of injured must have surpassed 100

I always wonder about the injured numbers, as we never hear any follow up on those after the day has past. :(

[fredsanford]

5. Where are all the bomb makers coming from?

Was this taught at Iraqi schools pre invasion?

[Barrett808]

8. Keep in mind that the core insurgency comprises Iraqi ex-military

Saddam planned for the invasion, and the Ba'ath party skimmed tens of billions of dollars to prepare. Viceroy Bremer sweetened the pot by dumping thousands of Iraqi military personnel on the streets, many of whom were battle-hardened by eight years of war with Iran.

[Kellyiswise]

6. I just have to ask. What are US troops doing in Iraq? Come home now.

How could it get any worse? We are preventing or stopping nothing. The cry that if we leave there would be chaos rings hollow. Chaos reigns right now in Iraq and Afghanistan is not far behind. How much longer will this carnage go on? How much longer will the US be the number one exporter of weapons of mass destruction and arms to third world nations so they can foment this terror on their own people as well as on others? The US is the number one terrorist occupying nation in the world and Israel is number two. How long will it take for the rest of the world to wise up?

[Barrett808]

7. 91 Die in Triple Car Bomings in Baghdad

91 Die in Triple Car Bomings in Baghdad
Saturday December 2, 2006 4:01 PM
By QAIS AL-BASHIR
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three parked car bombs exploded in central Baghdad on Saturday near a predominantly Shiite area packed with vendors, killing at least 91 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

The bombs were about 100 yards apart in the busy al-Sadriyah shopping district and exploded nearly simultaneously, according to police Lt. Ali Muhsin. At least 10 other parked vehicles were destroyed in the area, where vendors sell fruit, vegetables and other items such as soap.

Muhsin and hospital officials said 91 people were killed and 43 were wounded.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6254061,00.html