7 Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad, Killing 6

[Roland99]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060424/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=Ahl9xQossSJr0fqUuJLcB4.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Baghdad's first car bomb exploded during morning rush hour on a major street near the Tigris river, close to a complex of government buildings, a hospital and a bus station. Three people were killed and 25 wounded.

Two hours later, bombs hidden in two cars parked near Mustansiriya University in eastern Baghdad exploded, killing three civilians, including a 10-year-old boy, and wounding 22 people, said police Lt. Bila Ali.

A car bomb also exploded near a square near a U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad, wounding at least 11 civilians, including a young girl, said police Maj. Abbas Mohammed Selman. U.S. forces closed off the area, and it was not immediately known if there were American casualties.

Bombs in two cars parked about 100 yards apart then exploded one after another near Iraqi police patrols in the New Baghdad part of the capital, wounding three policemen and three civilians, said police Lt. Ali Abass.

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[Astrad]

1. Stop reporting the bad news!

Those weren't explosions. They were celebratory fireworks to commemorate the establishment of the new Iraqi government. Of course one has to be careful when using fireworks as each year a number of people are injured as is clearly the case here. Also transporting large caches of fireworks by automobile is unwise.

[Doctor_J]

2. And what about all the places where bombs DIDN'T explode

today? And all the people who WEREN'T killed? Report the good news!

[acmavm]

3. Hey, the new head of the Iraqi government was supposed to

fix everything. Remember? No more bombs, everybody gettin' along?

AREN'T THEY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE 'PLAN'????????????????

[Roland99]

4. And * told them to "stop the violence". Aren't they listening?

Guess we need to re-invade!

[gauguin57]

5. "Mission Accomplished!"

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[sweetheart]

6. 7 6 trombones led the big parade...

underclass blood, corporate empire,
musical delusion of soldiers
setting right the wombs
of their mothers
with guns.

[Barrett808]

7. Seventh car explosion in Iraq today

BAGHDAD, April 24 (KUNA) -- A seventh car exploded in Iraq Monday wounding eight people, Iraqi Police said. The car exploded west the capital Baghdad.

Iraqi Police sources told KUNA that a booby-trapped car exploded in Al-Mansoura, west Baghdad, targeting an Iraqi Police patrol.

The source added that eight Iraqis were injured in the attack.

Eight Iraqis were killed, and more than 60 others injured in today's car explosions that have hit Baghdad's cities; Bab-Almoatham, Palestine Street, Al-Tahariyat Square, and the New Baghdad area, Iraqi Police said. (end)

http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=855748

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. "let freedom reign"

I thought that condi was supposed to be the "unsticker" in Iraq, and was going to straighten it all out.

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. They're just celebrating another "historical milestone"

of the democratic process. :sarcasm:

[Roland99]

10. CNN reporting an *eigth* bomb now.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/24/iraq.main/index.html

Three car bombs in different areas of the Iraqi capital on Monday killed at least eight people and wounded 50 others, police said Monday.

Four other Baghdad car bombs and a roadside bomb elsewhere wounded 40 people, authorities said.

[barb162]

11. ohhhh, this is all so damned disgusting

[Supersedeas]

14. is CNN still reporting 'last throes' as if it were the gospel

[Barrett808]

12. At Least Twenty Killed by Baghdad Car Bombs

At Least Twenty Killed by Baghdad Car Bombs
Twenty Bodies Discovered Elsewhere

By Nelson Hernandez and Saad al-Izzi
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, April 24, 2006; 12:54 PM

BAGHDAD, April 24 -- Iraq's insurgent movement on Monday delivered a violent reminder that it is still a force to be reckoned with, despite recent political progress that Iraqi and U.S. officials hope will lead to greater stability in the war-ravaged country.

Seven car bombs exploded in the capital on Monday morning, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100, according to police officials and news reports. Across the country, bombs, shootings and mortar attacks killed at least 12 others, and Baghdad police discovered the bodies of 20 people who had been kidnapped and executed.

Although the number of car bombings was unusually high, the number of people who died was not. Violence -- both the sectarian kind between Sunni Arabs and Shiites, and insurgent attacks on U.S. and Iraqi government forces -- has continued unabated since parliament met on Saturday to choose a new prime minister to lead Iraq for the next four years.

...

In one such incident on Monday, five police officers and 10 other Iraqis died in a car bombing outside a restaurant in the Bab al-Muadham neighborhood of central Baghdad, according to police Col. Salam Muhsin. The police officers were having breakfast, Muhsin said.

(more)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/24/AR2006042400108.html

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. Al Jazeera is saying 15 dead and 100 wounded.