Five Blasts Kill at Least 35 in Iraq

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of explosions ripped through Baghdad and a nearby city Friday, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens on the eve of Shiite Islam's most important holiday, officials said. It was the deadliest day since Iraq (news - web sites)'s landmark elections last month.



Suicide bombers attacked two Shiite mosques in Baghdad as Friday prayers were ending, another explosion occurred near a Shiite religious procession and a third suicide bomber blew himself up at an Iraqi police and National Guard checkpoint in a Sunni neighborhood.


On Friday evening, a car bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of the capital, killing seven people and wounding 10, doctors said on condition of anonymity.

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Two Americans were killed Friday in separate attacks, bringing to five the number of U.S. soldiers slain since Wednesday, the military said.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. more wonderful news from the front

come gather around for our three minutes of hate!

[blueknight]

2. those elections really helped things

did'nt they? MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!