AP Series of explosions (4/2hours) kill 7 in Baghdad

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Series of explosions kill 7 in Baghdad

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=Aqy1jY9daXD0jiglwySoXa2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of explosions struck commercial areas in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least seven people, a day after a suspected shoe bomber blew himself up inside one of Baghdad's most prominent Shiite mosques, killing 13 people.
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The four blasts, all within two hours, dealt a new blow to a huge security operation by the Iraqi government to secure the capital.

Elsewhere, a suicide car bomber exploded his vehicle as it was being towed near a police checkpoint, killing four civilians, said Capt. Rashid al-Samarie. He said the bomber claimed his car had broken down and hired a tractor to tow it while he rode inside.

The attack happened in the mainly Sunni city of Mahmoudiya, 20 miles south of Baghdad, which was also hit by a mortar barrage that killed one civilian and wounded three others, all from the same family, al-Samarie said.
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[DoYouEverWonder]

1. But, but we killed Zarqawi

and everything is supposed to be great now.

[IndianaGreen]

8. Perhaps Bush should go back to Baghdad

and take Anne Coulter with him. Surely, if Jesus is with him, no harm can possibly come to him. Heck, Bush should be able to drink poison and handle poisonous snakes, and no harm will come to him. Let's test that faith of his!

[rzemanfl]

2. Security crackdowns only work if all the Security Forces ARE ON

THE SAME SIDE in the Civil War.

[saigon68]

9. LOL absolutely correct

In this cluster-fuck you can't tell the players without a program

And even then the rules and sides change hourly

[leftchick]

3. Attacks in Baghdad kill at least 31

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060617/ts_nm/iraq_dc_47

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. But, but, but Bush says we're winning the war on terra............

[karlrschneider]

5. Here's a little more info

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iraq

[Igel]

6. Does this count as assisted suicide?

"He said the bomber claimed his car had broken down and hired a tractor to tow it while he rode inside."

[IndianaGreen]

7. Al-Jazeera: Dozens killed in Iraq attacks (40 killed, over 80 wounded)

While Bush continues with his endless Zarqawi victory laps, the Iraqi people continue to die as the result of the "freedom and democracy" that Bush and his Judeo-Christian Crusaders have brought to their country.


A security crackdown has failed
to stem the violence in Iraq

Dozens killed in Iraq attacks

Saturday 17 June 2006, 21:24 Makka Time, 18:24 GMT

About 40 people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in a string of bomb and mortar attacks across Iraq, most of them in Baghdad.

The violence on Saturday, which included at least four car bombs in or near Baghdad, occurred despite a security crackdown in the Iraqi capital.

In the deadliest attack, a car bomb struck an Iraqi police checkpoint in al-Maalef district, a Shia area southwest of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding 38, police said.

Another car bomb targeting the Iraqi army and police killed 11 people.

Fifteen others were wounded when a bomber blew himself up at a joint Iraqi army and police checkpoint in Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood, an interior ministry official said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EE15F4D7-F7C9-45EA-8B72-A0FD98C5B653.htm