Bombings kill 3 in Baghdad (2 more sevice members killed)

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A string of bombings across Baghdad killed at least three people and wounded 11 others Tuesday, an Interior Ministry official said.

A parked car exploded in central Baghdad's Karrada district, killing at least two civilians and wounding five other people.

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The U.S. military reported a pair of fatalities Tuesday among its forces in Iraq, a military statement said.

One Marine assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force died Sunday of wounds during operations south of Baghdad.

On Monday, a soldier assigned to the Army's Regimental Combat Team 5 died of enemy-inflicted wounds in Anbar Province.


more:http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/23/Iraq.main/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[Eugene]

1. AP: Bombs Kill 5 in Separate Baghdad Attacks

Bombs Kill 5 in Separate Baghdad Attacks


Tuesday January 23, 2007 1:01 PM

AP Photo BAG112

By KIM GAMEL

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Five people were killed when two bombs struck separate Shiite
targets in Baghdad on Tuesday, a day after a double car bombing tore through the
stalls of a market crowded with Shiites elsewhere in the capital leaving 88 dead -
the bloodiest attack in two months. The U.S. military also said it is investigating
what appears to be the crash of a civilian aircraft.

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The first blast Tuesday occurred when a parked car bomb exploded at 9 a.m. near the
Finance Ministry, which is run by Bayan Jabr, a Shiite and former interior minister.
One civilian was killed and four other people were wounded, including a ministry guard,
police said.

A bomb planted under a car exploded about 45 minutes later in the predominantly Shiite
commercial district of Karradah in downtown Baghdad, killing four people, including a
woman and a 7-year-old boy, and wounding seven other people, police said.

The blast collapsed part of the wall of a brick building, leaving a ground floor apartment
exposed and a mass of rubble and mangled cars in the alley.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6365202,00.html

[maxrandb]

2. Bombs strike Shiite targets in Baghdad

Up to 28 US Troops killed over the weekend now. Looks like the Iraqi's are give GWB a 21-carbomb salute to honor his SOTU address.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=HOME

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Two bombs struck separate Shiite targets in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing five people a day after a double car bombing tore through a market crowded with Shiites elsewhere in the capital in the bloodiest attack in two months.

The military announced the deaths of two more U.S. troops, including a Marine who died Sunday from fighting south of Baghdad, raising the weekend death toll to 28 as American casualties mount ahead of a U.S.-Iraqi security push to try and secure Baghdad.

Two U.S. soldiers were killed Monday, the military said - one in fighting in the volatile Anbar province west of the capital and another in a roadside bombing.

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This sounds new too!

"The military also said it was investigating what appeared to be the crash of a civilian aircraft, after reports a helicopter was shot down over a volatile Sunni area in the capital. The military said it had no evidence any U.S. forces aircraft were involved."

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3. Pile 'em high!

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


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[Eugene]

4. MNF Iraq: 89th MP Bde convoy attacked (1 soldier killed)

89th MP Bde convoy attacked
Tuesday, 23 January 2007
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070123-06
Jan. 23, 2007

89th MP Bde convoy attacked
89th Military Police Brigade PAO

BAGHDAD – An 89TH Military Police Brigade Soldier died Monday of wounds suffered
after an improvised explosive device exploded next to his vehicle north of Baghdad.

The name of the Soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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Full article: http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9389&Itemid=128

Three servicemembers killed also mentioned here: Helicopter down in Baghdad; 5 killed - AP