Bombs kill 78 today in Baghdad. We're turnin' the corner.

[Philosoraptor]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/wireStory?id=2812230


BAGHDAD, Iraq Jan 22, 2007 (AP)— Two nearly simultaneous bombs struck a predominantly Shiite commercial area in central Baghdad, killing at least 52 people and wounding dozens, police said.

The first blast occurred shortly after noon when a bomb left in a bag placed among the stalls of vendors peddling DVDs and secondhand clothes exploded in the Bab al-Sharqi area between Tayaran and Tahrir squares.

It was followed almost immediately by a parked car bomb just feet away.

Police and hospital officials said at least 52 people were killed and 72 wounded.

This report says 65 were killed:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070122/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Note: this headline started out at 52, and the news outlets are changing their own numbers.

[lligrd]

1. Seems Familiar

Haven't we been here before? Don't the French have a word for this?

[Philosoraptor]

2. "dumbya vu", all over again.

[lligrd]

5. LOL

A term that will go down in infamy. :rofl:

[malaise]

8. Brilliant

I love it.

[Bluebear]

3. But we're building churches!!!!1111

[Philosoraptor]

4. "There's a Jack in the box' in the Green Zone!!!1111

[NewJeffCT]

6. It's the surge, all right

the surge in violence.

[Philosoraptor]

7. 78 latest count on cspan

[liberal renegade]

9. anything under

100 is a good day in Iraq..

[Philosoraptor]

10. "Body parts everywhere, many bodies charred, it was horrible," cnn.com

Yes, please try to keep it under 100 please, that's a powerful number to Americans.