Truck Bomb Explosion in Iraq Kills 26

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Truck Bomb Explosion in Iraq Kills 26

Sunday October 30, 2005 1:01 AM

By MARIAM FAM

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb hidden in a truck loaded with dates exploded Saturday evening in the center of a Shiite farming village northeast of Baghdad, killing 26 people and injuring at least 34. Three American soldiers died in separate bombings in Baghdad and northern Iraq.

In the west of the country, U.S. Marines said they killed 10 extremists Saturday in villages near the Syrian border, where Air Force jets blasted a suspected militant safe house the day before. U.S. officials said an al-Qaida official from Saudi Arabia may have been killed in the airstrike.

The surge in violence occurred as Iraqi political blocs unveiled their lists of candidates for Dec. 15 parliamentary elections, which the United States and its coalition partners hope will help restore enough stability that they can begin sending home their forces next year.

The bomb in the Shiite village of Huweder, about 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, exploded as villagers were heading to the mosque for prayers or outdoors in the cool evening breeze to break the daylong fast they observe during the holy month of Ramadan.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5379085,00.html

[rzemanfl]

1. Remember back before 2000 when a whole day could go by

without anybody being blown up anywhere?

[mtowngman]

2. Aren't the Iraqui people

better off now? Isn't the world a safer place?

[madrchsod]

3. "treasure of baghdad"`s scoop on the wire services

http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/
Treasure of Baghdad
it`s towards the end of his post