Gunmen kill 11 in attack on bus in Iraq-police

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, May 1 (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a minibus south of Baghdad late on Monday, killing 11 passengers including women and children, Iraqi police said on Tuesday.

Police spokesman Captain Muthana al-Maamouri said several other people were seriously wounded in the attack in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM131427.htm

[Erika]

1. Just collateral damage as Bush and Snow says

Just ignore it.

[Eugene]

2. 10 bodies found in Baquba; another minibus attacked - Reuters Factbox

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 1
01 May 2007 07:30:04 GMT
Source: Reuters

May 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0700 GMT
on Tuesday:

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BAQUBA - A hospital source said they received the bullet-riddled bodies
of 10 people in the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles)
north of Baghdad.

LATIFIYA - Gunmen manning a fake checkpoint stopped a mini bus and
killed three passengers and wounded five on Monday in the town of
Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO126534.htm

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The Factbox lists 25 deaths so far on Tuesday.

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Source: Associated Press

14 Killed in Attacks on Iraqi Highway


Tuesday May 1, 2007 8:31 AM

BAGHDAD (AP) - Gunmen ambushed travelers on a major highway
leading from Baghdad to Shiite areas to the south on Tuesday,
killing at least 14 people in separate attacks.

The first attack occurred at 6:45 a.m., when gunmen took aim at a
minibus as it passed near Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad
in a predominantly Sunni area dubbed the “Triangle of Death”
because of frequent insurgent violence.

The gunmen killed 11 Shiites on the bus and wounded three,
according to provincial police.

About 45 minutes later, a group of gunmen standing on the highway
opened fire at civilian cars, killing three people and wounding five
about 6 miles north of the site of the initial attack.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6599857,00.html

[maddezmom]

3. 14 killed in attacks on Iraqi highway

BAGHDAD - Gunmen ambushed travelers on a major highway leading from Baghdad to Shiite areas to the south on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people in separate attacks.

The first attack occurred at 6:45 a.m., when gunmen took aim at a minibus as it passed near Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad in a predominantly Sunni area dubbed the "Triangle of Death" because of frequent insurgent violence.

The gunmen killed 11 Shiites on the bus and wounded three, according to provincial police.

About 45 minutes later, a group of gunmen standing on the highway opened fire at civilian cars, killing three people and wounding five about 6 miles north of the site of the initial attack.


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