Car bombs target Shiites in Iraq (Saturday)

[maddezmom]

Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD - A parked car exploded near a hospital in Baghdad's main Shiite district on Saturday as a series of bombings killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens in Iraq, police said.

The blast in Sadr City occurred about 10:30 a.m. and was targeting street vendors and pedestrians near the hospital. Police said at least five people were killed and 15 wounded.

Another parked car bomb struck a gas station an hour earlier in the Shiite city of Hillah, killing at least two people and wounding 22, provincial police said. The city, 60 miles south of Baghdad, has been the site of some of the deadliest blasts since the war started four years ago, including a double suicide bombing against a crowd of Shiite pilgrims that killed 120 people on March 6.

In northern Iraq, a car exploded about 7 a.m. after the driver parked it near Iraqis looking for work in the center of Tuz Khormato, 130 miles north of Baghdad.



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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 31
March 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0730 GMT on Saturday:

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed five people and wounded 22 others outside the Sadrayn hospital in the Shi'ite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - A car bomb killed four people and wounded 20 in the Shi'ite city of Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - A suicide car bomb targeting day labourers killed two people and wounded 11 in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 70 km (40 miles) south of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - Police said they found 13 bodies in different parts of Baghdad on Friday.

SUWARYA - Five bodies were found blindfolded and handcuffed on Friday in the Tigris River near Suwayra, south of Baghdad, police said.

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[Eugene]

1. Four bombs kill 14 in Iraq

Source: Agence France-Presse

Four bombs kill 14 in Iraq

1 hour, 58 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Three car bombs and a roadside bomb killed 14 people
and wounded dozens as Iraq's relentless insurgency and sectarian violence
continued on Saturday.

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In the largely Shiite town of Suweira, south of Baghdad, three civilians
were killed and seven wounded in a roadside bomb explosion as shoppers
were busy making weekend purchases, police said.

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[Eugene]

2. New attacks kill 10 - Reuters Factbox

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 31
31 Mar 2007 15:49:41 GMT
Source: Reuters

March 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1530 GMT
on Saturday:

* indicates new or updated item.

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*KIRKUK - Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying civilian workers employed at an
Iraqi military base near Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, killing
eight and wounding two, police said. Four brothers were among the dead.

*MAHMUDIYA - Three mortar bombs hit a residential area in Mahmudiya, 30 km
(20 miles) south of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding four, police said.

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