Nearly 50 Iraqis Killed in Suicide Attacks; 5 U.S. Soldiers Also Killed

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Nearly 50 Iraqis Killed in Suicide Attacks
Bombers Strike Shiite Funeral, Baghdad Market; 5 U.S. Soldiers Also Killed

By Naseer Nouri and Dlovan Brwari
Special to The Washington Post
Sunday, November 20, 2005; A22

BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 -- Suicide bombers killed at least 49 people Saturday in attacks targeting a Shiite Muslim funeral in eastern Iraq and an outdoor market in Baghdad, while a disagreement among the country's faction leaders nearly ended a national reconciliation conference on its first day.

In Baiji, about 125 miles northwest of Baghdad, two homemade bombs killed five soldiers from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, the military said in a statement. Those deaths, along with that of member of the 101st Airborne who died in Germany from injuries suffered this week in Baiji, unofficially brought the number of American service members killed in action in Iraq to at least 2,090. The official tally is slightly lower pending the notification of relatives of those killed.

The suicide car-bombing in Abu Saida, about 45 miles northeast of the capital, targeted one of the Shiite funeral gatherings that have drawn numerous attacks. The bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle outside a house crowded with mourners offering condolences to a city council member over the death of his uncle, police and doctors said. At least 36 people died in the explosion, including two children.

A separate attack hit a market near the Diyala Bridge area just southeast of Baghdad as dozens of people shopped, police Col. Nouri Ashour told the Associated Press. Five women were among the 13 dead.

In Cairo, Kurdish and Shiite delegates walked out of an Iraqi reconciliation conference in its opening hours after a speaker accused all participants of being stooges of the United States. Others persuaded the speaker to apologize, and the conference resumed.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/19/AR2005111901120_pf.html

[rodeodance]

1. another 5 dead--when is this insanity going to stop!

[rodeodance]

2. Car bombs kill 48 in Iraq; Bush says war on track

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051120/ts_nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=AqXzIEwADxj2_C8ujirnVuis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
Car bombs kill 48 in Iraq; Bush says war on track

By Luke Baker Sat Nov 19, 8:50 PM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs killed 48 people in Iraq on Saturday, a day after more than 80 died in suicide blasts across the country and as U.S. President George W. Bush pledged never to relent in his war on terror.

[rodeodance]

3. the headline is amazing!!

[rodeodance]

4. think of the irreal arua to it!! people killed and the war is going fine.

[corporatemedia]

5. I LOVE this line from the story......

"President George W. Bush pledged never to relent in his war on terror."

HIS WAR!!!???

[madrchsod]

7. well it isn`t my war on the people of iraq

and it ain`t yours...i am glad he finally told the truth-it is his war

[cliss]

9. Wow....I went to the article, just to see if it was

an exaggeration. Hard to believe. The article says "his war on terror".

DU:ers: Old George has finally gone over the edge. The stress has been too much for him. Soon he'll be calling us "his pawns", and "his servants" and "his serfs".

Just watch.

[madrchsod]

6. treasure of baghdad has a report on the fridays attack

http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/
Treasure of Baghdad

[AzDar]

8. So when do you you suppose we can expect "Mr. Danger" to

FINALLY fulfill his duty to his country, and enlist? Chickenshit Chickenhawk...Get YOUR ass over there.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. I'll forgive all when Jen & Barb are in the Marines.

[ThePopulist]

11. Bush will say the war is on track until he's out of office n/t

[countmyvote4real]

13. The worst ever POTUS and the most debased political party.

They (GOP) really are the new Nazis. Sorry if that polarizes anybody. If anything, it should grab them by the ears and shake them out of their lock-step coma.

[ThePopulist]

12. As tragic and fucked up as it is.....

I seriously feel no horror or shock because of the consistency in these types of action. That numbing of horror, above everything else, is probably the most frightening aspect of this war.