Suicide Car Bomb in Iraq Kills 13

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KARBALA, Iraq - A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside Karbala's main bus station Sunday, killing 13 people and wounding 30, a hospital official said.





Also Sunday, witnesses said a car bomb exploded in Najaf near the revered Imam Ali shrine compound and that ambulances are heading to the area. There was no immediate word on casualties. Witnesses said the explosion went off 400 yards from the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, the holiest Shiite site in Iraq (news - Web sites).


Police spokesman Rahman Mashawi said the Karbala blast happened at 1:30 p.m. outside an entrance to the crowded station in downtown Karbala, a predominantly Shiite city 50 miles south of Baghdad.


"This is a terrorist attack carried out by terrorist groups in order to destabilize the security in the city," Mashawi said.

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well, DUH Mashawi

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1. Kick.

Wondering what al Sadr is up to these days.