Thirteen die in spate of Iraq bombings during holy month

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=1&u=/afp/20041018/ts_afp/iraq_unrest_041018092741


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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Thirteen Iraqis were killed over the past 24 hours in bomb blasts around the country, while nine people, including a three-year-old child, were hurt in a gunfight, officials said.


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At least six people, three of them policemen, died after a car bomb exploded late Sunday as a police convoy drove past a coffee shop, the interior ministry said.


"The attack occurred at 10:55 pm (1955 GMT) when a car bomb exploded, packed with 500 to 600 kilograms of explosives," said ministry spokesman Adnan Abdel Rahman, adding that there were 11 policemen among the 26 wounded.


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In the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, five Iraqi civilians were killed and 15 others wounded when a car bomb exploded on a bridge on Sunday, the US military said.

[shockingelk]

1. Iraq is like a battlefield

If I didn't know better, one would think there is a war going on.

[teach1st]

2. Mission accomplished a long time ago, Bub.

Stop thinking. Go watch TV. Consume.

[aaronbees]

3. for...

for BuschCo, promoting a culture of death is a holy endeavor. He has faith.