meanwhile... "Bombs, gunmen kill over 150 in Baghdad"

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14062427.htm

IRAQ WRAPUP 5-Bombs, gunmen kill over 150 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber lured a crowd of Shi'ite day labourers to his minivan and blew it up in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 114 people and wounding more than 156 in Iraq's second deadliest bombing since the war began.

The bomber drew the men to his vehicle with promises of work before detonating the bomb, which contained up to 500 pounds (220 kg) of explosives, an Interior Ministry source said.

"There's no political party here, there are no police," Mohammed Jabbar railed at the blast site in the Shi'ite Muslim Khadhimiya area. "This targeted civilians, innocents. Why women and children?" he added, as bystanders shouted, "Why? Why?"

Another car bomber blew himself up in northern Baghdad, killing 11 people lined up to refill gas canisters, as a wave of bombings rocked the capital. Gunmen also dragged 17 people from their homes and killed them in Taji, a northern suburb.

More than 150 people were killed in all the attacks, which a police official said seemed to have been carefully orchestrated.



A man clutches the bloodied clothes and shoes of a relative who was killed by a suicide car bombing in a residential part of Baghdad September 14, 2005.

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1. "last throes" "freedom marching" "bringing democracy" "over there" ....