Baghdad bombs kill 23, police say

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD - At least 23 people were killed and dozens were wounded Monday when two car bombs, including one driven by a suicide attacker, blew up in Baghdad, police said.

Neither of the attacks took place in parts of the sprawling city where visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was located.

In an unrelated incident, the U.S. military reported finding a grave containing 14 people, believed to be members of the Iraqi security forces and thought to have been executed by al-Qaida in Iraq.

In the deadlier of the two attacks in Baghdad, a parked car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 43 in central Baghdad's Bab al-Mudham area. The car was parked on a road leading to the nearby Housing and Municipality Ministry, police said. The dead included one police officer, while another four were wounded. The district is a commercial area on the eastern side of the Tigris River.

The U.S. military confirmed there was a car bombing but was investigating the incident and could not immediately provide more details.



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[SpiralHawk]

1. "But on the bright side, I am enjoying my latest vacation." - Commander AWOL Bush

"That's right American proles, you can rest easy knowing that I am out at the Imperial Pig-Farm-Upon-Crawford, kicking back on my record-setting vacation run. So chill.

"Oooops, almost forgot my republicon homelander propaganda talking point: 'too bad about the dead people. But the SURGE is spreading, um, 'freedom', hither and yon. Smirk."

- Commander AWOL

[bemildred]

2. At least 23 people killed, dozens injured in 2 Baghdad suicide bombings

Source: AP

BAGHDAD (AP) - At least 23 people were killed and dozens were wounded Monday when two suicide car bombs exploded in different parts of Baghdad, police said.

Neither of the attacks took place in the areas of the sprawling city where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was visiting.

Also Monday, the U.S. military reported finding a grave with 14 bodies, believed to be members of the Iraqi security forces executed by al-Qaida in Iraq.

In Baghdad's deadliest attack, a suicide car bomber killed at least 21 people and wounded 43 in central Baghdad's Bab al-Mudham neighborhood on the eastern bank of the Tigris. Associated Press Television News footage showed a 6.5-foot crater blown into the street by the explosion, which destroyed numerous cars and trucks and littered the area with shrapnel and debris.

Read more: http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565256424142538246

[Ordr]

3. Unreal.

Savages.

[L0oniX]

4. The surge is working ....yawn. n/t

[classysassy]

5. Wakeup

America,we have been sold out by the insane people we trusted with our country.We let pundits such as slimebaugh,tweety,insanity,spew their crap over the air,turn the clowns off and vote all of the congresscritters out of office,new blood to wash the blood off America hands,we are a sick country,we need a new beginning.

[Amonester]

6. "We're Making Progress. See?"

No.