Triple car bombing kills 51 in Baghdad

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Triple car bombing kills 51 in Baghdad

By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A triple car bombing struck a food market in a predominantly Shiite area in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 51 people a day after a U.S.-Iraqi raid against Sunni insurgents in a nearby neighborhood.

Three parked cars blew up nearly simultaneously as shoppers were buying fruit, vegetables, meat and other items in the busy al-Sadriyah district.

The blasts sent clouds of black smoke over concrete high-rises in the area, which has narrow alleys that made it difficult for ambulances and fire trucks to navigate. At least 51 people were killed and 90 wounded, said police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun and hospital officials.

A cheese vendor who was wounded said the market was full of people shopping on their way home from work.

[Fridays Child]

1. Oh, jeezus. The slaughter Bush has unleashed...

:cry:

[saigon68]

2. "BRING EM ON" shouted the DRAFT DODGING CHIMPANZEE

[applegrove]

3. *%***$######!!!!*** n/t

[truthisfreedom]

4. I think the administration is going to stop trying to fight the "civil war" description within the

next few weeks. It'll become a convenient excuse for what's going on over there... "It's the Iraqis' fault. They just can't get along. Never could."

[GenDem]

5. The violence is spiraling out of control...

Such a pity! God, help them!!!

[Mz Pip]

6. And so it goes.

But people voted! The neo-cons cheer.

But still they die. Dead under Saddam; dead under US occupation. Is one better than another? Dead is dead. Terror is terror. It does not matter who holds the gun.

Mz Pip
:dem: