Suicide bombing kills 28 — 19 children — in Iraq

[NotGivingUp]

Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD — As the suicide bomber rumbled his dump truck load of explosives into a Shiite neighborhood, families were getting ready for a new day in the northern city of Tal Afar.

Children were home on their summer break, and some were already outdoors playing hopscotch and marbles. Nineteen of them had just moments to live.

They were among the 28 people killed when the blast ripped through the neighborhood's tightly packed houses, the latest suicide bombing tragedy to hit the city that President Bush once called a success story after major military operations there against insurgents.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/5032232.html

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Too pitiful for words.

[emilyg]

1. so very sad. damn.

[xchrom]

2. somebody should read the names of everyone of those children

after we get the ''glowing'' report in september.

[NotGivingUp]

3. I was doing a search on "playing marbles" in google news and this was the first story

that came up. Wasn't quite what I was expecting. Really made me sick.

[Middle finga]

4. I bet the chimp don't even loose sleep over this type of news

I wish the iraqi families of the victims had a way to at least sue Bush for the chaos he brought to that poor country since it seems we are going to let him walk away free. Nobody should be allowed to get away with that much innocent blood on their hand.

[cigsandcoffee]

5. What does anyone hope to gain from blowing up 19 kids?

God, that's disgusting.

[libodem]

6. So wrong

I blame this administration everytime insurgents blow anything up over there. It would not be happening if we hadn't invaded. Saddam looks like a saint by these standards.

[Comadreja]

7. Increased US air raids

are accomplishing the same thing. Now even water utilities have become erratic. Beginning to lok like early US Indian policy. . .chase or move them all away from the gold mines or choice lands and set up permanent forts of occupation.