Baghdad death toll 60, Bush to review policy

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/December/focusoniraq_December68.xml§ion=focusoniraq&col=

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber targeting poor labourers killed 60 people in Baghdad on Tuesday hours before President George W. Bush was to review his unpopular Iraq policy in a video teleconference with US military commanders in Iraq.

Interior Ministry sources said 221 people were wounded in the blast after the bomber lured a crowd of day labourers to his vehicle with the promise of work.

The 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) attack took place in Tayaran Square, a popular gathering point for carpenters, plumbers, bricklayers, painters and other workers who frequent the cafes and street vendors while waiting for the chance of some work. Many of the workers who gather at Tayran Square are poor Shias.

“A driver with a pickup truck stopped and asked for labourers. When they gathered around the car it exploded,” said a witness, who was helping a stumbling survivor with a blood-stained bandage covering his head.

[Little Wing]

1. Leaked quote

"Well if they're targeting the painters and plumbers, why don't they just switch to tiling and portapotties?"

[aquart]

2. "Carpenters, plumbers, bricklayers, painters..."

They've moved on from professors to skilled workmen, the backbone of any functioning civilation.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Still won't interfere with the upcoming WH parties, thank goodness.

I mean, hey, priorities, right *W*?