Suicide bomber kills 44 near Syrian border

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Sat, Jul. 30, 2005

Suicide bomber kills 44 near Syrian border

ROBERT H. REID
Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber wearing a belt of explosives blew himself up among Iraqi army volunteers in a town near the Syrian border Friday, killing as many as 44 people. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility.

Police and army recruits have been a recurrent target of the Iraqi insurgency; on Friday, the U.S. military said insurgents also killed two Marines. The deaths brought to 11 the number of U.S. fatalities this week - eight of them in combat.

The suicide bomber was "a portly young man carrying a bag in his hand and heading toward us," said Rashid Hamed, who went to volunteer for the army because "I didn't have a job and wanted to make some money."

"I don't remember anything else but waking up in the hospital," Hamed, who was wounded in the attack, said from a hospital bed.
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[Disturbed]

1. UK bombings get heavy reaction.

Iraqi bombings barely a ripple. Guess it's getting routine. Maybe not for Iraqis but maybe even there.

[truthisfreedom]

2. "I didn't have a job and wanted to make some money." same battle cry on

both sides. broke-ass bad-luck folks trying to make a buck... and the suicide bombers? probably making a buck for their families.