AP: Politicians Discuss Cabinet, New Insurgent Attacks (US Sailor Killed)

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBL4IL4Y7E.html

As Politicians Discuss New Cabinet in Iraq, Insurgents Launch New Attacks
By Thomas Wagner Associated Press Writer
Published: Apr 24, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An emboldened Iraqi insurgency staged carefully coordinated dual bombings in Saddam Hussein's hometown and a Shiite neighborhood of the capital Sunday, killing at least 21 people. Lawmakers loyal to the new prime minister said he was ready to announce a Cabinet that would exclude his interim predecessor, Ayad Allawi.
An American soldier was killed in a separate attack.

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In Saddam's hometown of Tikrit on Sunday, two remotely detonated car bombs exploded in quick succession outside a police academy, killing at least six Iraqis and wounding 33, police and a hospital official said. The blasts occurred as recruits were about to leave the station and travel to Jordan for a training, said police Lt. Shalan Allawi.

Insurgents also attacked U.S. forces. A roadside bomb hit one convoy in eastern Baghdad, killing one American soldier and wounding two, the U.S. military said. Iraqi police said two civilians also were wounded in the attack.

An American sailor was killed Saturday when the Marine convoy he was traveling with was hit by a roadside bomb in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, the military said.

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1. Well I For One Am Glad That Fallujah Is "Pacified"

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2. Iraqi Insurgents Launch Co-ordinated Attacks, Killing at Least 21

Iraqi insurgents launch co-ordinated attacks, killing at least 21
11:25 AM EDT Apr 25

THOMAS WAGNER


BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi insurgents staged carefully co-ordinated bombings in Saddam Hussein's hometown and a Shiite neighbourhood of the capital Sunday, killing at least 21 people. An American soldier was killed in a separate attack.

Insurgent attacks had dropped dramatically shortly after the landmark January election, but spiralled upward in recent weeks as the politicians failed to name a government.
Militant violence over the weekend took at least 38 lives, including those of three Americans.

Also Sunday, the U.S. military said it had detained four more suspects in the downing of a civilian Mi-8 helicopter on Thursday. All 11 passengers and crew were killed, including a survivor gunned down by insurgents. Ten suspects have been apprehended in all, the military said.

A vehicle packed with explosives was driven into a crowd gathered in front of a popular ice cream shop in Baghdad's western al-Shoulah neighbourhood Sunday, police Maj. Mousa Abdul Karim said. Minutes later, as police and residents rushed to help the victims, a second suicide car bomber plowed into the crowd. At least 15 people were killed and 40 wounded.

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3. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"More Whiskey for my Men", He screeched.