AP: 38 Die, 105 Hurt In Baghdad Market Blast

[Hissyspit]

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Mar 6, 12:35 AM EST

38 Die, 105 Hurt in Baghdad Market Blast

By BRIAN MURPHY
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A suicide car bomber turned a venerable book market into a deadly inferno and gunmen targeted Shiite pilgrims Monday as suspected Sunni insurgents brought major bloodshed back into the lap of their main Shiite rivals. At least 38 people died in the blast and seven pilgrims were killed.

The violence - after a relative three-day lull in Baghdad - was seen as another salvo in the Sunni extremist campaign to provoke a sectarian civil war that could tear apart the Shiite-led government and erase Washington's plans for Iraq.

The Shiite Mahdi Army militia has so far resisted full-scale retaliation through a combination of self-interest and intense government pressure. But the militia's leader, the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, is now being cornered in new ways that have put him on the defensive.

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[The_Casual_Observer]

1. "Let freedom reign!"

[Hissyspit]

2. This one bombing a day is upsetting, but...

other than that things are going great.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. There's probably a lot more than that one they are reporting

every day. Once in a while somebody slips and admits that there are dozens of these bombs every day.

[tanyev]

7. Heck, one bombing a day is the Laura Bush RDA.

[Old and In the Way]

4. How does Bush sleep at night, knowing the carnage that he has

brought to Iraq? If there was a just God, he'll drive Dimson mad.

[LibDemAlways]

15. Bush has no trouble sleeping. He gets off on

violence and death. 2001 was a "fabulous year." He said so, himself, not long after 9/11.

[Vinca]

5. But, but, but - Tony sez it's getting better and that Georgie's

strategery is working.

[pampango]

6. Just a quick condemation of the butchers that

bomb book markets, vegetable markets, schools, etc. Whether the bombers are Weresistance fighters employing brutal tactics, civil warriors just out to kill the "other" guys, or terrorists pursuing some anti-Western agenda, they deserve condemnation. Bush, by creating the conditions in which these idiots can thrive, shares guilt for the carnage with them.

We need to withdraw to save our troops and because we have no business being there. I don't think that will reduce the suffering of the Iraqi population, but there is not much we can do about that. One side or the other will have to "win" before the daily chaos will come to an end. Unfortunately, that may mean a government as ruthless as Saddam or the Taliban in order to restore peace.

[sabra]

8. Suicide bombers kill 30 pilgrims in Iraq-hospital

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO652022.htm

06 Mar 2007 14:28:13 GMT
Source: Reuters

TWO SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 30 SHI'ITE PILGRIMS SOUTH OF BAGHDAD - HOSPITAL SOURCES

[maddezmom]

9. death toll increases to 47, 117 wounded

HILLA, Iraq, March 6 (Reuters) - The death toll from suicide bomb attacks on Shi'ite pilgrims near the Iraqi town of Hilla on Tuesday rose to 47, police said.

They said 117 people had been wounded. Hospital officials had earlier put the death toll at 30. Streams of Shi'ite pilgrims are heading to the holy city of Kerbala to commemorate a religious event.
http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO653243.htm

[Rose Siding]

10. msnbc- 90 dead

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17477526/

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide bombers killed at least 90 Shiites making a pilgrimage south of Baghdad ahead of a weekend holiday, police said Tuesday.

The pilgrims came under attack as they streamed south, mostly on foot, toward a shrine in Karbala. Two bombers exploded themselves in a crowd of pilgrims in Hillah, about 60 miles south of the capital.

They said 117 people had been wounded. Hospital officials had earlier put the death toll at 30.

[maddezmom]

11. AP: 2 suicide bombers kill up to 90 in Iraq and more than 150 wounded

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Tuesday in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims streaming toward a shrine south of Baghdad, killing up to 90 people, police said.

The coordinated attack happened on a main street in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, said Capt. Muthana Khalid. More than 150 others were wounded in the blasts, he said.

Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. military announced that Nine American soldiers died in explosions north of Baghdad on Monday, the deadliest single day for U.S. troops in Iraq in nearly a month.



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[Hissyspit]

13. Wow. So much for Pickles' "one bombing a day."

Horrific. And four years into this shit.

[theHandpuppet]

12. But but but.... !

Just this morning Brian Williams was telling us it was "All Quiet" in Baghdad which was proof that the "surge" was working.

[Hissyspit]

14. He's going where the military is taking him.

So he is seeing what the brass want to show him. Otherwise, he would not be safe.

[jarnocan]

16. but didn't I hear it was more peaceful on the NBC news except for

the 9 soldiers killed and.... grrrr..... MARCH on the PENTAGON!!! or rally locally and suppor those who are trying to do something.