Nine killed in Baghdad mortar attack

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Nine killed in Baghdad mortar attack
05 Aug 2007 05:26:07 GMT

BAGHDAD, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Mortar bombs struck a petrol
station in eastern Baghdad at dawn on Sunday, killing at
least nine people and wounding 11, Iraqi police said.

The police said nine mortar bombs landed in the area,
destroying 13 cars as people lined up for fuel. Several
mortar bombs landed at another petrol station in a nearby
district, wounding six people.

Baghdad residents often queue for hours at petrol stations
for fuel, and insurgents have targeted them. Suicide
bombers attacked two petrol stations last Wednesday,
killing 70 people.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/GRA517633.htm

[krispos42]

1. Eh, single digits. Page A17 of the Washington Times

It's sad that the standard for horror is so damn high.

[0007]

2. .....and the beat goes on without anyone hardly noticing.

Iraq has been hi-jacked

[ohio2007]

3. They say their aim is improving but why that is can't be proven

blaiming Iran for supplying the ammo and training is the story line.

[Alpharetta]

4. That's part of the US strategy

The power outages and difficulty getting gas to run generators is part of the US plan to increase the misery index and force emigration and force relocation. That's the setup for the partition solution they ultimately hope to sell.