31 died in bus bomb in Iraq

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BAGHDAD - Three car bombs targeting a bus station in central Baghdad killed at least 31 people and wounded 65, a source at a nearby hospital said.

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5. You sure like death , don't you?

Did you really think that such comments as the few you have made in many of these threads would "blend in?" Are you that duped?

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2. Death toll rises

BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The death toll in a triple car bombing at a Baghdad bus station on Wednesday rose to 43, with a further 76 wounded, an official in the Interior Ministry said.

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3. Death toll expected to rise more

The casualty figure could rise as there are charred bodies all over the place," he added.

The figures were based on reports from four hospitals to which casualties were taken, he said, including the Kindi hospital, near the scene of the coordinated attack.

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4. from CNN

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A pair of car bombs exploded at a bus station in central Baghdad on Wednesday morning, killing at least 43 people and wounding another 76, Iraqi police said.

A third explosion was reported near al-Kindi Hospital, where the casualties from the first two bombings were taken.

The explosions occurred about 10 minutes apart, starting at 7:45 a.m. (11:45 p.m. EDT), at the al-Nahda bus terminal, which provides service to southern Iraq.

Video from the scene showed the smoldering wreckage of a vehicle near two buses, but black smoke obscured much of the view. Iraqi police said 22 vehicles were damaged.

In eastern Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded Wednesday morning as a car carrying three members of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq was passing, killing one of them and wounding the other two.

Meanwhile, a U.S. soldier died Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his Task Force Baghdad patrol in southwestern Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said.

The attack took place at 2:35 a.m. (6:35 p.m. EDT Monday). The soldier's name was withheld pending notification of relatives.

The military also said Wednesday that a U.S. soldier was killed Monday in an attack in Mosul. The soldier was assigned to Task Force Freedom. No further information was released.

Since the start of the war, 1,857 U.S. troops have died in Iraq. This month, 59 have been killed.

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6. The bastard planning this stuff is just like Saddam Hussein.

"A third explosion was reported near al-Kindi Hospital, where the casualties from the first two bombings were taken."

Gruesome, merciless, horror.

Where's the Desmond Tutu of Iraq? He's never going to emerge with us their. The Dems supporting more troops in Iraq are wrong unless they see us putting 500 thousand or more as Shinseki advised.