Wave of Bombings Kills Dozens in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)--Striking in rapid succession, suicide car bombers bent on death for ``collaborators'' devastated the Red Cross headquarters and three police stations Monday, killing three dozen people and wounding more than 200 in the bloodiest day in Baghdad since the start of the U.S. occupation.

From north to south in this city of 5 million, the explosions over a 45-minute period left streetscapes of broken bodies, twisted wreckage and Iraqis unnerved by an escalating underground war. The dead included a U.S. soldier, eight Iraqi policemen and at least 26 Iraqi civilians.

``We feel helpless when we see this,'' said an Iraqi doctor.

Iraqi and U.S. authorities in Baghdad blamed the coordinated quadruple blasts on foreign fighters intent on targeting those they accuse of collaborating with U.S. forces. One captive would-be bomber was said to carry a Syrian passport.
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1. According to that jerk in the WH that means success.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/iraq_blasts_us_bush

WASHINGTON (AFP) - "The more success the United States sees on the ground in Iraq (news - web sites), the more it will be targeted for attacks", President George W. Bush (news - web sites) said after a string of deadly blasts in Baghdad.