Southern Iraq bombs kill 26, wound 100 -hospital

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Southern Iraq bombs kill 26, wound 100 -hospital
12 Dec 2007 09:13:42 GMT
Source: Reuters

BASRA, Iraq, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Car bomb attacks
in the southern Iraqi city of Amara killed at least
26 people and wounded more than 100 on Wednesday,
a doctor in the emergency section of the city's
state-run Amara Hospital said.

Police have said three car bombs exploded in the
city, where British forces handed responsibility
for security to Iraqi forces earlier this year.

(Baghdad newsroom)

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L12514460.htm

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Source: Associated Press

Triple Car Bombing Strikes Southern Iraq

Wednesday December 12, 2007 9:01 AM

BAGHDAD (AP) - Three car bombs exploded in quick
succession in the mainly Shiite southern city of
Amarah on Wednesday, causing numerous casualties,
police said.

The violence began about 10 a.m. when an explosives-
laden car parked in a garage blew up, local police
said. Another car about 50 yards away exploded
shortly afterward as people gathered to examine the
damage from the first.

The third blast occurred across the street from a
movie theater, also about 50 yards away, police said,
adding there were many casualties but the number
could not immediately be determined.

Amarah, a Shiite militia stronghold about 200 miles
southeast of Baghdad, is the provincial capital of
Maysan province, which borders Iran. Iraqi forces
took over control of security from British troops
there in April.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7146114,00.html

[ClintonTyree]

1. But the surge has been a HUGH!1!!! success!

It seems like the level of violence has been ramped up lately in Iraq. Almost as if they planned it this way. :eyes: NAH! Bush's manly surge will go down in the history books as a great success, thanks to the corporate media. That's all that matters to Bush anymore, his legacy.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "That's right. War Profits are WAY up." - republicon homelander cronies

[sabra]

3. kick

:kick:

[Eugene]

4. Triple Car Bombs in Iraq's South Kill 41

Source: Associated Press

Triple Car Bombs in Iraq's South Kill 41

Wednesday December 12, 2007 3:46 PM

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) - Three car bombs exploded in quick
succession in the market district of a southern Iraqi
city Wednesday, killing at least 41 people and
wounding 150 in a Shiite region that has largely
escaped the country's sectarian bloodshed, authorities
said.

The police chief in Amarah was fired, an immediate
driving ban went into effect, and Iraqi soldiers were
deployed on the streets. Hospitals were quickly
overwhelmed with the casualties, which mounted as
bodies were pulled from the rubble, according to a
provincial spokesman.

In a Christian neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, a
parked car bomb apparently targeting a passing police
patrol killed five civilians, police said. Thirteen
people were wounded in the late afternoon explosion
in Ghadeer, police said.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7147021,00.html

[saigon68]

5. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[ohio2007]

6. dunno if the Brits can get out of there fast enough

let the Iraqi's take back their country in their own way.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article3242280.ece

and we can tak back ours