Car bombs rip through Iraq

[bemildred]

Mosul bombing seems to be new info.

US forces said they killed 125 fighters and captured 88 in the assault, which destroyed dozens of buildings and, according to locals, inflicted a heavy toll on civilians.

Residents of Samarra tried to bury their dead on Monday, the cemetery was off limits on Sunday, progressing through the streets of the city waving sticks with white flags attached, family members weeping as they bore the coffins for burial.

Iraq's interior minister, who comes from Samarra, said he did not believe any civilians had been killed in the offensive, a statement which drew an angry response from residents. The US military said it had tried to avoid civilian casualties.

Aid agencies returned to the city on Sunday, delivering food, water and medicine to families forced to flee. Much of the city still lacked water and electricity on Monday.

IOL

[ixion]

1. great description of what neocon 'liberation' is like

"Aid agencies returned to the city on Sunday, delivering food, water and medicine to families forced to flee. Much of the city still lacked water and electricity on Monday."

At liberty to starve and die in the streets. :-(

[DFWJock]

2. No worries,

this will all work out, it just takes "hard work."

[bemildred]

3. Now seeing a second VBIED in Mosul, this time got a soldier.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=11446

Later in the afternoon, a second car bomb exploded in the city, this time targeting a US military convoy.

"At 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) this afternoon a car bomb hit a military convoy, one soldier was wounded and has been evacuated to a military hospital," said an army spokeswoman, Angela Bowman, adding the injury was not life threatening.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=11461

Another US soldier was killed in the northern city of Mosul when a car bomb exploded, targeting a US military convoy.

"At 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) this afternoon a car bomb hit a military convoy, one soldier was wounded and has been evacuated to a military hospital," said an army spokeswoman, Angela Bowman, adding the injury was not life threatening.