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The Oh So Successful Surge
5 years after this disastrous expensive war of aggression was started, the total failure of regime change and "THE SURGE" can not make itself any more clear.
| quote: | Bombs kill more than 50 in Baghdad By ANNA JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a crowded shopping district in the capital Thursday, killing at least 53 people and wounding 130 — a reminder that deadly attacks are a daily threat even though violence is down.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility. But back-to-back bombings — designed to maximize carnage — became the hallmark of attacks on civilians by al-Qaida in Iraq during the worst of the violence in Baghdad in 2006.
Like in previous such attacks, the tactic seeks to draw in the people with the first blast — especially security and medical workers — before a second bomb detonates.
Iraqis were enjoying a pleasant spring evening when a roadside bomb hidden under a vendor stall detonated in the primarily Shiite, middle-class Baghdad neighborhood of Karradah. Five minutes later, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated, Mohammed al-Rubaie, the head of the Karradah municipality, told the state-run Al-Iraqiya TV.
He said more than 50 civilians were killed and more than 100 injured. Many of the victims were teens or young adults, and four were women, police and officials at three hospitals said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Last edited by Krypton on Mar-06-2008 at 23:36
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