Baghdad car bomb kills 2, wounds 10 - police (Wednesday)

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) - A bomb in a car near a bus station in central Baghdad killed two people and wounded 10 on Wednesday, police said.

Since the bombing of a major Shi'ite shrine a week ago, more than 400 people have been killed in sectarian violence.
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CORRECTED: Sporadic fire in Baghdad, Saddam due back in court

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Mortar and gunfire kept Baghdad on edge overnight on Wednesday after a bloody day of sectarian attacks when U.S. President George W. Bush told Iraqis to choose between "chaos and unity" but dismissed talk of civil war.

Saddam Hussein was due to return to court for a second day of prosecution evidence; prosecutors presented on Tuesday what they said was a death warrant signed by Saddam for 148 Shi'ite men. The former leader, who staged a hunger strike during the two-week recess, was subdued. The judge ruled out some evidence.

There were no immediate reports of casualties but residents heard sporadic explosions and firing across the city.

In the week since explosives demolished the Golden Mosque in Samarra, one of the holiest sites in Shi'ite Islam, sectarian violence has killed over 400 people by government reckoning, pitching Iraq toward a civil war that would inflame the Middle East and might thwart Bush's hopes of withdrawing U.S. troops.

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[maddezmom]

1. Car bombs in Baghdad, Saddam back in court (7dead, 20 wounded)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed seven people and wounded 20 in Baghdad on Wednesday as Saddam Hussein returned to court for a second day since a week of sectarian violence pitched Iraq toward civil war.

Exactly a week after the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine sparked a week of sectarian violence that has pitched Iraq toward civil war, one struck a crowded area in mainly Shi'ite east Baghdad close to a police checkpoint, killing at least five.

A car bomb near a central bus station killed two.

The main religious representatives for the once-dominant Sunni minority, accusing the Shi'ite-led government and U.S. forces in attacks by Shi'ite militiamen, called on their community to come out in force to protect their mosques.

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[Bhaisahab]

2. UPDATE: Baghdad car bombs kill at least 23 - CNN

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two car bombs killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens of others in Baghdad as a subdued Saddam Hussein returned to court.