Reuters: Car bomb kills eight near restaurant in Baghdad

[Eugene]

Car bomb kills eight near restaurant in Baghdad
27 Dec 2006 11:59:33 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Adds background, amends transliteration to Talbiya)

BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed eight people and wounded 10
on Wednesday in Talbiya, a Baghdad district near the Shi'ite militia
stronghold of Sadr City, police said.

Police said a parked car exploded near a restaurant on a busy commercial
street. All the casualties were civilians.

Baghdad is the epicentre of sectarian violence that is killing an average
of at least 100 people a day, according to U.N. estimates.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR742952.htm

Also, another 40 bodies were found in Baghdad according to this Reuters report:
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 27