Car Bomb Kills at Least 10 Iraqis

[maddezmom]

Wednesday December 13, 2006 8:16 AM


AP Photo BAG118

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded near a crowded bus stop in eastern Baghdad during morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing 10 people in a mostly Shiite area, police said.

The blast went off in the Kamaliyah neighborhood at 8:45 a.m. near the Shiite al-Rasoul mosque but did not damage the small building, according to police Capt. Mohammed Abdul-Ghani and police Maj. Mahir Hamad.

Ten civilians were killed and 26 wounded, Abdul-Ghani and Hamad said, and Iraqi and U.S. soldiers raced to the neighborhood to close off the area.

The explosion damaged the front of nearby stores and destroy three parked cars, the officers said.

more:http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6277340,00.html

[maddezmom]

1. Iraq bombings kill 19, undermine peace talks

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Three vehicle bombs have killed 19 people and wounded scores more in Iraq, stirring sectarian anger in the run-up to a national unity conference.

A car bomb which detonated in a busy market near the Al-Kamaliyah mosque in a mainly Shiite district of east Baghdad killed at least 10 civilians and wounded another 26, a security official said Wednesday.

Bodies of the victims lay scattered around the street amid pools of blood and the burning wreckage of at least two cars and a row of market stalls set up by a nearby bus station.

In another attack, two truck bombs smashed into a base of Iraq's oil infrastructure protection force, killing nine soldiers and wounding 10, an officer on the scene said, adding three civilians were also injured.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061213/ts_afp/iraq_061213093234

[Eugene]

2. Reuters: Two car bombs explode in Baghdad, killing five

Two car bombs explode in Baghdad, killing five
13 Dec 2006 10:15:43 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded simultaneously in a religiously
mixed district of east Baghdad on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding 10,
the Interior Ministry said.

The blasts in New Baghdad District followed a car bomb explosion in a crowded area
of mainly Shi'ite Kamaliya in eastern Baghdad earlier on Wednesday, killing 10
people and wounding 25.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL335927.htm

[maddezmom]

3. FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 13

the above links plus these developments:

~snip~
AL-HESNA - Gunmen stormed the house of a Shi'ite family and killed nine people, four men, two women and three children, in al-Hesna village, 35 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR FALLUJA - Police found the bodies of four people, shot and tortured, near the Sunni stronghold of Falluja, 50 km (25 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

MAHMUDIYA - Police found the bodies of two people, shot and bound, in the town of Mahmudiya, in an area dubbed 'the Triangle of Death' south of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Police found a body with gunshot wounds in Kirkuk, police said.

TIKRIT - A roadside bomb killed three people on Tuesday travelling in a car in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A mortar round killed one person and wounded three others on Tuesday in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM329899.htm

[maddezmom]

4. Iraq bombers slaughter workers...3 bombs 22 dead

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[lebkuchen]

5. Why don't Americans sympathize with the Iraqis?

[maddezmom]

6. I sure do

I can't imagine the living hell they dealing with day after day, night after night. :(

[lebkuchen]

7. I'm on an army base

and I've never heard a single sympathetic word for the Iraqi people.

[Chulanowa]

8. Most Americans I know do.

Those I know that don't, don't sympathize because the Iraqis are 1) Arab and 2) Muslim.

THese are the same people who praised Jesus for the Indonedia Tsunami, and the Pakistan / Iran Earthquake... and then go on to call the citizens of those nations "dangerous religious extremists preaching an ideology of hate"

[antiimperialist]

9. In total, 55 dead today

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq