Baghdad Car Blast Kills 7 and Injures 24 (another Marine also dies)

[theHandpuppet]

Will there be anything left of Iraq by the time this bloody game has been played out?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=OHCIN&SECTION=AMERICAS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Apr 16, 3:37 AM EDT
Baghdad Car Blast Kills 7 and Injures 24

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writer


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A car bomb killed at least seven people on a busy avenue Saturday as Shiite politicians floated a proposal to end the standoff over a new government by having Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari step down - but only if his replacement comes from his own party.

The blast occurred at lunchtime outside an east Baghdad restaurant frequented by police officers, four of whom were among the 24 injured, Sgt. Sabah Mohsen said. All the dead were civilians, police said.

The explosion shattered windows and damaged shops. Firefighters hosed down the debris-littered street as bystanders gawked at charred and windowless vehicles...

(snipping)

The U.S. military announced Saturday that a Marine assigned to 1st Marine Logistics Group died the previous day in a vehicle accident in Anbar province west of Baghdad.

Elsewhere, a roadside bomb exploded Saturday near an Iraqi army patrol in southern Baghdad, killing three soldiers, the army said. A gunfight between insurgents and Iraqi forces at a checkpoint in northwest Baghdad killed at least two civilians, police said. Three other people were killed in separate drive-by shootings in Baghdad, police said....

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[saltpoint]

1. More horrible news of a horrible war. Mr. Bush didn't make it

to the ranch in Crawford this weekend, did he.

Cindy is there. Rev. Lowery is there. Many others who know he is a bloody liar are there.

This presidency is in trouble, big trouble, even if it doesn't know it yet.

[rodeodance]

2. Easter for this dead troop's family will always conjure up his death. May

they find peace somehow.

[xchrom]

3. well, unless it's officially a civil war

apparently everything is just fine and dandy.