Blast heard in Iraqi city of Najaf

[maddezmom]

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A blast was heard on Thursday in Iraq's southern Shi'ite city of Najaf and ambulances were heard rushing to the scene, residents said.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the explosion.

Najaf is home to the most sacred Shi'ite shrine. Mostly Shi'ite southern Iraq has been relatively free of the Sunni insurgent violence gripping central Iraq but rivalries among Shi'ite groups with militias have been growing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060406/wl_nm/iraq_najaf_blast_dc_2

Car bomb near shrine in Iraq's Najaf: witnesses

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a sacred Shi'ite shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Thursday and casualties were feared, witnesses and Shi'ite officials said.

A Reuters witness said he saw 10 bodies at the scene.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060406/wl_nm/iraq_najaf_dc_1

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Car bomb near shrine in Iraq's Najaf: witnesses

April 6, 2006

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a sacred Shi'ite shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Thursday and casualties were feared, witnesses and Shi'ite officials said.

A Reuters witness said he saw 10 bodies at the scene.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060406/ts_nm/iraq_najaf_dc

[annabanana]

2. sigh - I expect this will just make a bad situation worse....

There is really nothing to discuss except that if we don't see the reports here, we won't see them anywhere else.

[Eugene]

3. BBC: Bomb explodes in Iraq holy city (at least 4 dead)

Bomb explodes in Iraq holy city

A car bomb has exploded in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf,
killing at least four people and injuring about 30, officials say.

Ambulances were heard heading to the scene, reported to be
about 300m (330 yards) from the Imam Ali shrine.

The shrine is among the world's most sacred sites for Shia Muslims.

[Supersedeas]

8. and meanwhile the good good good news is...

[0007]

4. ....and the beat goes on. When will it end?

[xchrom]

5. civil war.

[leftchick]

6. relative is a relative term

Najaf is only relatively calm because of the Shiite Militia that police it.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Najaf has been fairly calm

Except, of course, for the vicious, month-long battle that the US Marines fought with the Mehdi Army in the cemetary and environs of the Iman Ali shrine....:eyes: