Iraq: 30 killed in Karbala bombing(updated to 56 killed)

[maddezmom]

Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded Saturday in a bus station in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, and at least 30 people were killed or wounded, police said.

State television aired footage from the scene, in which rescue workers could be seen evacuating casualties. The charred body of a child laid motionless on a stretcher.

Hundreds of people swarmed around ambulances, crying out and pounding their chests in grief.

The attack occurred about 200 yards from the Imam Hussein shrine, where the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad is buried — one of the most important sites for Shiites.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_bomb

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56 killed in Karbala car bombing

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded Saturday in a bus station in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing at least 56 people, police and hospital officials said.

More than 70 people were also wounded in the attack, according to an official at Al-Hussein Hospital. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

Khalid al-Daami, head of the city's security committee, said women and children were among the dead.

"The explosion was a huge one. It took place in a crowded area, and the number of casualties will increase," al-Daami said.

State television aired footage from the scene, in which rescue workers could be seen evacuating casualties. The charred body of a child laid motionless on a stretcher.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_bomb

[maddezmom]

1. Bomb on Baghdad bridge kills 1, wounds 3-police

Bomb on Baghdad bridge kills 1, wounds 3-police
14 Apr 2007 07:10:36 GMT

BAGHDAD, April 14 (Reuters) - A car bomb on the southern Baghdad Jadriyah bridge killed one person and wounded three others, Iraqi police said on Saturday, the second attack on a Baghdad bridge in two days.

On Thursday, a truck bomb killed at least seven people on Sarafiya bridge in northern Baghdad, destroying most of the steel structure and sending several cars plunging into the River Tigris below.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14448102.htm

[maddezmom]

3. Car bomb on Iraq Baghdad bridge kills 8-police

Car bomb on Iraq Baghdad bridge kills 8-police

BAGHDAD, April 14 (Reuters) - A car bomb on the southern Baghdad Jadriyah bridge killed eight people and wounded 11 on Saturday, police said, the second major attack on a bridge in the last two days.

On Thursday, a truck bomb killed at least seven people on Sarafiya bridge in northern Baghdad, destroying most of the steel structure and sending several cars plunging into the River Tigris below.


http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14448203.htm

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Now up to 37 dead, and 40 hurt

At least 37 people have been killed and more than 40 hurt in a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, police and medical sources say.

The attacker detonated explosives at a bus station in the city close to a shrine holy to Shia Muslims.

Iraqi television aired footage from the scene, in which rescue workers could be seen evacuating casualties.

Meanwhile in Baghdad at least eight people died in a car bomb attack on a bridge in the south of the city.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6554887.stm

[Eugene]

4. 64 dead on Saturday in violence across Iraq - Reuters Factbox

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 14
14 Apr 2007 08:58:44 GMT
Source: Reuters

April 14 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0845 GMT
on Saturday:

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BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed 10 civilians and wounded 15 when it exploded on
southern Baghdad's Jadriyah Bridge, police said.

-snip-

MOSUL - Six bodies were found in different parts of the city on Friday, including
a former Iraqi Army officer, the morgue said.

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BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different parts of Baghdad on Friday,
police said.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KHA430762.htm

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Also 19 reported dead in Friday incidents

[Eugene]

5. British forces kill eight gunmen in southern Iraqi city

Source: Reuters

British forces kill eight gunmen in southern Iraqi city
14 Apr 2007 10:16:34 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Updates with quote)

BASRA, Iraq, April 14 (Reuters) - British forces killed eight
gunmen laying landmines in the volatile southern city of
Basra, the British military said on Saturday.

The military said the eight had been operating in an area
where four British soldiers and their civilian translator were
killed in a huge roadside bomb blast that destroyed their
Warrior armoured fighting vehicle earlier this month.

"It is not possible to directly link those killed last night with
last week's roadside bombs. However, these militiamen were
intent upon launching exactly the same type of attack in the
same area," British military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel
Kevin Stratford-Wright said.

Basra is a port city that is the hub of Iraq's biggest oil fields.
Shi'ite factions are battling for control of its oil revenues and
criminal gangs are also a menace.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14473996.htm

[Joanne98]

6. Suicide bombers kill dozens in Iraq

Source: reuters

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 40 people and wounded 128 at a crowded bus station near a major Shi'ite shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala on Saturday, police and hospital sources said.

In Baghdad, police said a suicide car bomber detonated his device near a checkpoint at the southern Jadriyah bridge, killing 10 people, wounding 15 and burning several cars in the second major attack on a bridge in the capital in the past three days.

In the volatile southern city of Basra, British forces on Friday killed eight gunmen laying landmines in an area where four British soldiers and their translator were killed by a roadside bomb that destroyed their armored vehicle earlier this month, the British military said on Saturday.

Television footage of the aftermath of the Kerbala explosion showed a distraught man carrying the charred body of a small child, while witnesses said the blast sent body parts flying into the air.




Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPAR34073020070414

[Double T]

7. The 'surge', like EVERY other bushco brainchild, IS NOT working........

The failure-in-chief needs to be removed from office by impeachment.

[LeftyFingerPop]

8. Ok, but....

What is happening with IMUS and the Anna Nicole story?

:sarcasm: :wtf:

[marmar]

9. Another surge, another disaster....

A cautionary tale for people all over the world: This is what you get when a lifetime loser is elected (or appointed) president.

[Joanne98]

10. This is ridiculous. If we don't stop "saving" Iraq, There's going to be nothing left.

I can't wait to see every single member of Bushco behind bars for this. They're destroying an entire country. The arrognant bastards don't even care. The world won't be safe intil they are bought to justice.

[lonestarnot]

11. The surge splash.

[Eugene]

12. Iraq violence slaughters 62

Source: Agence France-Presse

Iraq violence slaughters 62

by Abdelamir Hanun
1 hour, 44 minutes ago

KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) - A suicide car bomb killed 34 people near
a revered Shiite shrine in Iraq's pilgrimage city of Karbala on
Saturday, exactly two months after troops launched a security
crackdown in Baghdad.

Another suicide attack killed 10 people in the capital, while
other violence left 18 more people dead, pushing the death toll
to 62 in the latest carnage to undermine the Iraqi-US security
offensive as it headed into a third month.

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Eighteen more people were killed in other violence across the
country on Saturday.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070414/ts_afp/iraq_070414153040