25 killed in explosion as Iraqi president is named

ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Tue Jun-01-04 08:08 AM
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25 killed in explosion as Iraqi president is named

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1228912,00.html

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At least 25 people were today killed in an explosion in Baghdad, only minutes after the Iraqi Governing Council had announced the country's new interim government.

The blast tore through the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, close to the Iraqi capital's heavily-guarded green zone.

There, the prime minister-designate, Ayad Allawi, formally announced the 26-member cabinet taking control from US-led authorities on June 30.

US soldiers were seen rushing to the scene of the explosion - believed to have been a car bomb - and shooting rang out.

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saigon68

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Tue Jun-01-04 08:10 AM
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1. The guards in a fit of PANIC blasted anything and everything that moved

Dozens wounded indiscriminately

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Tue Jun-01-04 08:12 AM
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2. What a splendid way to bring in the new "government"

Transition is so nice

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Tue Jun-01-04 08:48 AM
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3. Please post your link and update this story here, thanks

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