Gunmen kill up to 17 in Baghdad bus ambush

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26217671.htm

Gunmen kill up to 17 in Baghdad bus ambush

BAGHDAD, July 26 (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying employees home from a factory in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, on Tuesday, killing up to 17 people, police and hospital sources said.

A source at a nearby Baghdad hospital said it had received the bodies of 17 people killed in the attack. Police sources said 12 people had been killed.

"We were on the bus going home. Two cars with about 10 insurgents opened fire on us. We don't know why; we are just workers," said Adil Zamal, being treated for multiple gunshot wounds to the back at the An Noor hospital, which received 20 wounded patients from the attack.

He said about 36 workers had been on the bus.

The dead were taken to another hospital.

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[maxsolomon]

1. what sect are you?

maybe the people who shot you aren't that one.

[daleo]

2. Maybe mistaken about the bus

The phrase "a factory in Abu Ghraib" does have a certain resonance.

More likely this is the explanation:
"A police source said the al-Faris factory worked on reconstruction projects. Insurgents often target Iraqis seen as working for the U.S.-backed authorities."