34 dead in Baghdad bombing

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Source: CNN

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Thirty-four civilians were killed in Baghdad on Wednesday when a parked car rigged with explosives blew up, an Interior Ministry official told CNN.

It occurred outside a restaurant in the Shiite neighborhood of Shula in the northwestern part of Iraq’s capital.

Along with the 34 fatalities, 72 civilians were wounded, a ministry official said.


Read more: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/20/10-dead-in-baghdad-bombing/

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1. Update from Reuters AlertNet - Baghdad bomb toll rises to 35 killed, 72 wounded

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LK212390.htm


Baghdad bomb toll rises to 35 killed, 72 wounded
20 May 2009 18:44:53 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, May 20 (Reuters) - A parked car bomb ripped through a poor Shi'ite area of northwest Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 35 people and wounding 72 others near a popular restaurant, police said.

Shula in northwest Baghdad was also targeted by bombers on Dec. 25 last year, killing four people.

The last large-scale bomb attack in Iraq was on April 29, when 51 people were killed in twin car bomb attacks in the Shi'ite Sadr City district of Baghdad.

Security has broadly improved in Iraq since last year, but a rash of bombings in April made it the deadliest month for civilians since November.

The recent attacks raises questions about whether Iraq can avoid sliding back into greater bloodshed as an untested military prepares to take greater security responsibility and U.S. troops prepare for a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.

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2. It's still a civil war folks. Only the president's name has changed. Not the

stupid course of action we will pursue in Iraq until we find another place and/or stupid course of action to make the world safe for hypocrisy.