Many dead, wounded in Baghdad car bombs -- police

[bemildred]

BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded minutes apart at a busy bus and taxi station in central Baghdad on Wednesday, causing many casualties, police sources said.

"There are many wounded and killed," one police officer said. One bomb went off at an entrance to the Nahda bus station and a second went off inside several minutes later.

A third blast was heard by Reuters reporters in the city centre about 15 minutes later. It was not clear where it was.

Reuters

[jobycom]

1. Are there still people who claim Iraq is better off now than before we

invaded? I avoid conservatives these days, for fear of serving time in prison for assault.

This is getting more horrific by the day, and the people in charge flat-out don't care.

[Spinzonner]

2. OTOH, all is well if George has balance in his life

Sociopathy is so comforting

[jobycom]

4. "Balance?" Is that a new beer, or some new designer version of cocaine?

[bpilgrim]

6. all we need is MORE TROOPS & to drop the 'unrealistic' timeline demands

according to some Dems :argh:

peace

[jobycom]

9. Yeah.

:argh: indeed.

[killbotfactory]

3. Hey, as long as Bush's buddies still get to cash in, it's all good

Nobody died for a mistake or a lie, they died for profit!

[Bumblebee]

5. From BBC

Triple explosions shake Baghdad

Three huge explosions have rocked the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, with reports of a number of people killed and wounded.

The blasts occurred within minutes of each other, two reportedly at the busy Nahda bus station.

The third blast is said to have gone off at a nearby hospital 15 minutes later, as victims of the first two attacks were being brought in.

It comes as Iraq's politicians continue talks to reach a deal on a new charter.

"Two cars exploded in the same al-Nahda bus station 10 minutes apart and there are number of victims," an interior ministry source was quoted by AFP news agency as saying.

"One car exploded inside the station and the other at the entrance."

The third car bomber detonated his explosives at Kindi Hospital in the same neighbourhood, causing several casualties, police said.

[rodeodance]

13. so=when will cars be outlawed in Iraq?

[blitzen]

7. update: at least 25 dead

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8977791/

[Corgigal]

8. Sy Hersh was on the daily show tonight

talking about this very issue, on how they believe the insurgents will try to take back Baghdad.

[burrowowl]

10. And add the deaths of our soldiers

in August.
IMPEACH! CONVICT and IMPRISON BU$HCO!
And don't forget Afghanistan! Lots of NATO Spanards died too!

[saigon68]

11. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As his mommy tucked him in bed, at the pig farm

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. "Let freedom reign!"

[alarcojon]

14. Further update - at least 43 dead, 76 injured

Grim news.

At least 43 people were killed and 76 wounded, an official in the Interior Ministry said, adding: "The casualty figure could rise as there are charred bodies all over the place."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050817/wl_nm/iraq_dc

[DoYouEverWonder]

15. Don't worry

this is just the last throes of a failed insurgency. Now let's focus on the good things happening in Iraq today. All this negativity is such a downer.

:sarcasm:

[sintax]

16. This sucks- Planned chaos

Three Car Bomb Attacks Kill 43 in Baghdad


Wednesday August 17, 2005 12:16 PM


By ANTONIO CASTANEDA

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three car bombs exploded near a bus station and hospital in Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding 89 in the deadliest attacks in the capital in weeks, police said. Survivors searched charred buses and cars for signs of relatives.

The violence came as Iraq's leaders resumed negotiations on a draft of a new constitution, a charter they hope will bring stability and help end the insurgency. The document was to be finished Monday, but the deadline was extended one week.

A suicide car bomber targeting policemen detonated his vehicle outside the Nahda bus station in central Baghdad, one of the city's major transit points, the U.S. military said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5215860,00.html

[leftchick]

17. Triple bombing breaks Baghdad lull, kills 43

http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-08-17T081045Z_01_ALL723393_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-IRAQ-20050817.XML

Triple bombing breaks Baghdad lull, kills 43
Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:11 AM GMT

By Alastair Macdonald

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three car bombs killed more than 40 people in a coordinated attack on a Baghdad bus station in the morning rush hour on Wednesday, ending a lull in insurgent attacks as Iraqi leaders resumed talks on a new constitution.

At least 43 people were killed and 76 wounded, an official in the Interior Ministry said, adding: "The casualty figure could rise as there are charred bodies all over the place."

Police and medics were among the dead, struck by the third bomb, between the bus station and the nearby Kindi hospital as victims of the earlier blasts were being taken there.

One witness said a bus about to depart for Iraq's second city of Basra, in the Shi'ite south, had been incinerated by the blast and it appeared many of passengers were killed.

The multiple explosions suggested an attack by one of the Islamist radical groups active in the Sunni Arab insurgency against the U.S.-backed, Shi'ite-led government -- although unlike many bombings by groups like al Qaeda, police said it was not clear if any of the cars was driven by a suicide attacker.

:cry:

[DeepModem Mom]

18. kick