Iraq Car Bombs Kill 17

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Source: Los Angeles Times

Iraq car bombs kill 17
Most of the deaths occur at a Baghdad produce market used mostly by Shiite Muslim farmers.
Associated Press
May 7, 2009

Baghdad -- Car bombs killed 17 people in Baghdad on Wednesday, fueling concern about Iraq's security capabilities less than two months before the nation's army and police assume full responsibility in the country's cities.

An Iraqi military official blamed the latest bloodshed in part on former detainees released by U.S. forces who have since returned to violence. Some analysts have speculated that Sunni Arab insurgent groups have regrouped after sharp setbacks suffered in fighting with U.S. and Iraqi forces over the last two years.

The main blast occurred at the entrance to the Rasheed wholesale produce market in the Dora area of south Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding nearly 50, according to police, hospitals and Interior Ministry officials. A second car bomb was found in the area and defused.

Hours later, a car bomb exploded in the capital's Karada district, killing two people and wounding six, police said. It apparently was meant for a police patrol but missed. Seven other people were wounded when a bomb exploded near Palestine Street in mostly Shiite Muslim east Baghdad, police said.

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[ShortnFiery]

1. Terrific

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General "Peaches" Petraeus is going on Mourning Ho-Jo today to tell us NOW how to win The Afghan War.

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[Lasher]

2. Hey I thought the surge worked.