Iraq Blasts Kill 22; Ambush Wounds 6 GIs

[Systematic Chaos]

By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Suicide bombers struck Iraqi security targets Saturday north and west of Baghdad, killing 22 Iraqis, officials said. Six U.S. soldiers were wounded in an ambush on the road to Baghdad airport — one of the country's most dangerous routes.


Elsewhere, the U.S. military announced the arrest of what it said was a newly promoted senior leader in Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror movement — taken into custody during an early-morning raid near Fallujah.


At least 16 Iraqi policemen were killed and 40 others were wounded when a suicide driver detonated his car at a police station near a U.S. Marine base in Khan al-Baghdadi, 140 miles west of the capital, according to police. No Americans were hurt in the 7 a.m. attack, the U.S. military said.


A second suicide driver killed four guardsmen and injured six others in an attack Saturday near an Iraqi National Guard checkpoint in Ishaqi, 6 miles south of Samarra, police said. Another two guardsmen were killed in a convoy attack in the northern part of the city.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I see new supply of flowers and candy

what was that some dancing on Highway One? They get rowdy hun?

[flowomo]

2. the story under your link has changed,,,, and is now much worse:

50 Iraq Soldiers Apparent Ambush Victims

By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The bodies of about 50 unarmed Iraqi soldiers — many killed execution style with gunshots to the back of the head — were found on a remote road in eastern Iraq (news - web sites), victims of an ambush as they were heading home on leave after basic training, Iraqi authorities said Sunday.

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