Explosion Targets U.S. Convoy in Baghdad

[Bluebear]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An explosion targeted a U.S. convoy Tuesday in southern Baghdad, leaving a U.S. vehicle in flames, while gunmen south of the capital assassinated a member of the Babil provincial council.

U.S. military had no immediate comment on the explosion, which damaged a U.S. humvee. Soldiers cordoned off the area in the Dora neighborhood and dispersed a crowd that had gathered.

In Hilla, gunmen killed a member of the Babil provincial council, Salim Hilal, as he was heading to work, Babil provincial police spokesman Capt. Muthana Khalid said. He said two suspects in the attack were arrested.

In the central city of Baqouba, gunmen wounded a government translator and killed her father in a drive-by shooting, said Brig. Gen. Adil Molan of the Diala provincial police department.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050405/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[leftchick]

1. Not sure if this is the same .....

U.S. Army soldiers arrive to secure the scene of a car bomb explosion in western Baghdad April 5, 2005. U.S. and Iraqi forces battled dozens of insurgents in a remote area east of Baghdad and three soldiers, two American and one Iraqi, were killed in the fighting, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Photo by Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters

[Bluebear]

2. I dunno leftchick.... ap news said 6 minutes ago

Holy cannoli. Every day. It never gets better.

[Roy]

3. Isn't it comforting........

That this country doesn't have "Gunmen"?

Lots of guns but no GUNMEN.

Guess 'bombmen' or 'explosionmen' don't sound demeaning enough.

Mama, don't let your kids grow up to be gunmen....

[Theres-a]

4. How many attacks in the last few days?

Who knows.Not the MSM.But we have to hear every idiotic detail of spoon-fed diversion.

[bluestateguy]

5. 106 dead troops since the elections

Weren't the elections supposed to put all this to a stop?

Goooooooooood Morning I-raq Nam!

[NNN0LHI]

6. Duplicate...I think...hope?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb attack on a U.S. convoy in southern Baghdad killed one American soldier and wounded four others Tuesday, while gunmen broke into a house and kidnapped a top Interior Ministry official, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

An abandoned taxi exploded as the U.S. patrol drove down an expressway in the Dora neighborhood, said Sgt. 1st Class David Abrams, a spokesman for Task Force Baghdad. He said one of the wounded soldiers had minor injuries, but no details were given on the others.

Another explosion targeted a joint Iraqi-U.S. convoy in the Amiriyah neighborhood in Baghdad, said al-Amil police officer Capt. Talib Thamir. Abrams said a blast had occurred but he did not have any details.

A top Interior Ministry official, Brig. Gen. Jala Mohammed Saleh, was kidnapped by gunmen who broke into his house, a ministry official said on customary condition of anonymity.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBE3UX067E.html

[Theres-a]

7. I hope so ,too.

[leftchick]

8. I think itis this one....

but it is getting hard to tell. They are not very forthcoming with facts from Iraq. :(

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1368992