4 Dead in Bomb Attack (Baghdad)

[blitzen]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-13158641,00.html

this looks like an update on the "Explosions Rock Central Baghdad" posted a while ago....

[cal04]

1. Explosion in central Baghdad

Second car bomb in Baghdad


Baghdad, Iraq - A second car bomb exploded outside an Iraqi National Guard headquarters in a city south of the capital on Saturday, killing one person and wounding 22 others, hospital officials said.

Ambulances raced to the scene and police cordoned off the area in Mahmudiyah, 20 miles (30km) south of Baghdad.

The explosion occurred at about 07:45 while prospective recruits were waiting to get into the headquarters, said Dr. Dawoud Jassim Taie, director of the Mahmudiyah Hospital. Six of those injured were National Guard troops while the rest were prospective recruits, he said.

National Guard troops became suspicious of a parked car near the first checkpoint and opened fire, said one officer, who declined to be named. The bomb went off at about 10m (30 feet) away from the first checkpoint.

The wounded were transported to Mahmudiyah Hospital, but were expected to be later taken to Baghdad's Yarmouk Hospital for further treatment, Taie said.

Insurgents have repeatedly targeted police and security officials in Iraq, because they are seen as being collaborators with the Americans.

Earlier a car bomb exploded in the path of a convoy for the Minister of Justice Malek Dohan al-Hassan in Baghdad, causing unknown casualties among his guards.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1559152,00.html

[Erika]

2. I can hardly wait

Until Ann Coulter breaks out in a chorus of "Be Happy"

[Judi Lynn]

3. Another look at this explosion, from the A.P.: Car Bomb Hits Iraqi Ministe

Car Bomb Hits Iraqi Minister's Convoy
Car Bomb Hits Justice Minister's Convoy South of Baghdad, Killing Five of His Bodyguards

The Associated Press



BAGHDAD, Iraq July 17, 2004 — A car bomb struck the Iraqi justice minister's convoy as it moved through western Baghdad on Saturday. Malik Dohan al-Hassan was unhurt but five bodyguards were killed.
The attack hit the tail end of al-Hassan's convoy.

"He's alive and he's not injured," an official with Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's office said on condition of anonymity.

At nearly the same time, a car bomb exploded outside an Iraqi National Guard headquarters in Mahmudiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad. One person was killed and 22 wounded, hospital officials said.

The explosion occurred as prospective recruits were waiting to get into the headquarters, said Dr. Dawoud Jassim Taie, director of the Mahmudiyah Hospital. Six of the wounded were National Guard troops while the rest were prospective recruits, he said.
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http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040717_100.html