At least 50 killed in car bombs north of Baghdad (100 wounded)

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BAK961164.htm

29 Sep 2005 17:02:33 GMT

Source: Reuters

AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE KILLED, 100 WOUNDED IN COORDINATED CAR BOMBS NORTH OF BAGHDAD - IRAQI POLICE

more:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1170131

At least 50 killed in car bombs north of Baghdad
Reuters

Sep 29, 2005 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 50 people were killed in a series of three apparently coordinated car bomb attacks in the mixed Shi'ite and Sunni Arab town of Balad, north of Baghdad, on Thursday, Iraqi police said.

They said bombs went off after dark near a busy market in a predominantly Shi'ite area, in a street with a bank and next to a police station in the town about 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, killing at least 50 and wounding around 100.

[tatertop]

1. more depressing news

I suppose this will become the norm.

[sabra]

2. more: Three Car Bombs Kill 40 North of Baghdad

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-suicide-bombs,0,2273588.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

Three Car Bombs Kill 40 North of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Three suicide car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously Thursday evening in a city north of Baghdad, killing 40 people and wounding many others, a hospital official said.

The attacks, which occurred about 6:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT), hit a bank, a vegetable market and another location in downtown Balad, a mostly Shiite city 50 miles north of the capital, witnesses said.

Dr. Khaled al-Azawi at Balad Hospital said 40 people died and scores were wounded, many of them seriously, with burns and mutilated limbs.

[RSchewe]

3. Breaking (Reuters): At least 50 killed in car bombs north of Baghdad

class="excerpt"]Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:09 PM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 50 people were killed in a series of three apparently coordinated car bomb attacks in the mixed Shi'ite and Sunni Arab town of Balad, north of Baghdad, on Thursday, Iraqi police said.

They said bombs went off after dark near a busy market in a predominantly Shi'ite area, in a street with a bank and next to a police station in the town about 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, killing at least 50 and wounding around 100.

[nookiemonster]

4. Thanks for the fucking civil war, W.

Who didn't see this coming? I mean...at least with some common sense, and not a moran.

:mad:

[OneBlueSky]

5. but they're only Iraqis, so the MSM won't care . . . n/t

.

[saigon68]

12. They are only Towel heads

</sarcasm>

[AllyCat]

6. So much for staying there to avoid civil war...they already have it

Nice job, Dumbya!

[magicoflife]

7. lord please

end this. I just can't take it anymore

[jarab]

9. Welcome, magicoflife!!

...O...

[magicoflife]

11. thanks

and hello to you; too bad we must meet under these circumstances

[nookiemonster]

13. Circumstances suck.

However, the influx of curious, reasonable posters is a plus.

Welcome to DU magicoflife!

:toast:

[Connie_Corleone]

8. They're just trying to stop the spread of freedom...

in that part of the earth. They know the vote on the constitution is coming up, so they're just trying to scare them folks.

But freedom will prevail....in that part of the earth.

FREEDOM ISN'T FREE!!!!

:sarcasm:

[ECH1969]

10. The native resistance doesn't pull this crap

They don't indiscrimately mass murder civilians in mixed Shia and Sunni areas.

[bemildred]

14. "in a street near a market with a bank, next to a police station"

Is what I see over and over right now. They might have
been after the cops. There seems to be agreement on the
three suicide car bombs idea. I'm sort of wondering if
there was a 1-2-3 tactic used, which would explain the
high death toll.

[bemildred]

16. Al Jazeera:

Seems like 3 simultaneous attacks on a bank, a market, and
a police station.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/660DFD24-5D32-4868-86E5-CED685066538.htm

[grytpype]

15. Freedom can be messy sometimes...

... heads and arms and legs all over the marketplace, that sure is messy.

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. There won't be anyone left to enjoy the civil war at this rate.

[rodeodance]

18. At Least 60 Dead in Iraq Car Bombings (5 US troops killed). 62/cnn just

now.

By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq;_ylt=AgpXV0DU3OC_QxAjCGnU5Cqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

At Least 60 Dead in Iraq Car Bombings

........The bombing that killed the five Americans was the deadliest single attack on U.S. troops since a roadside bomb killed 14 Marines near Haditha in western
Iraq on Aug. 3.

The five dead Americans were assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force and were hit Wednesday while "conducting combat operations" in the insurgent hotbed, a statement by the Marines said.

The deaths brought to 13 the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq in the past four days. According to an Associated Press count, 1,934 U.S. troops have died since the war started in 2003.
.......President Bush had warned Wednesday that insurgents would increase their attacks, saying, "We can expect they'll do everything in their power to try to stop the march of freedom. And our troops are ready for it."

[rodeodance]

19. as far as I can tell these 5 troops were killed Wed (yesterday).

[hadrons]

20. this includes the 5 troopers killed in Ramadi today???

good work Chimpy

[Beaver Tail]

21. What ever happened to "Last Throes"

[livetohike]

22. Bush is always warning that attacks would increase and

it seems like the attacks have never stopped. Would we notice an increase in attacks?

[Opusnone]

23. 1934. How sad.

Would anybody like to guess what the REAL numbers are?

[sabra]

24. update: 85 dead in triple car bombing

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16768973%255E1702,00.html

85 dead in triple car bombing
From correspondents in Baghdad, Iraq
30sep05

AT least 85 people were killed and more than 110 wounded overnight when three car bombs exploded within minutes of each other in the mainly Shiite central Iraqi town of Balad, police said.

Two pick-up trucks blew up in a central shopping street at 6.30pm and 6.40pm local time, with a third pick-up exploding in another neighbourhood 10 minutes later, local police Lieutenant-Colonel Adel Abdallah said.
A fourth car bomb exploded an hour later in northern Baghdad, targeting an army patrol, although no casualties were immediately reported.

Lt-Col Abdallah said at least 85 people were killed and more than 110 wounded in the blasts.

[chelsea0011]

25. What war? I haven't seen much on TV about any war.

[buzzsaw_23]

26. Post Modern War

The slaughter just quietly and hidden from view hums along like so much white noise.

Back to the cathode tube, yellow pills and into the coliseum we go.

Shopping while the world explodes in Never Never Land