Suicide attack kills at least 104 in Baghdad

[cherokee]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide truck bomber struck a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 104 people among the crowd buying food for evening meals, police and hospital officials said.

The attacker was driving a truck carrying food when he detonated his explosives, destroying stores and stalls that had been set up in the busy outdoor Sadriyah market, police said, giving the casualty toll.

Officials said at least 102 people were killed and more than 200 wounded as nearby hospitals were flooded with victims from the blast, The Associated Press reported. Many were driven to the hospitals in pickup trucks and lifted onto stretchers while several men helped overwhelmed medics by holding plastic drips.

“It was a strong blow. A car exploded. I fell on the ground. It was in Sadriyah,” said one young man with a bandaged head, his face still streaked with blood.

The blast occurred at 4:40 p.m., the latest in a series of attacks against commercial targets in the capital as insurgents seek to maximize the number of people killed ahead of a planned U.S.-Iraqi security sweep.

It was the deadliest attack in the capital since Nov. 23, when suspected al-Qaida in Iraq fighters attacked the capital’s Sadr City Shiite slum with a series of car bombs and mortars that struck in quick succession, killing at least 215 people.




Suicide attack kills 104 in Iraq - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com

 

[danarhea]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide truck bomber struck a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 104 people among the crowd buying food for evening meals, police and hospital officials said.

The attacker was driving a truck carrying food when he detonated his explosives, destroying stores and stalls that had been set up in the busy outdoor Sadriyah market, police said, giving the casualty toll.

Officials said at least 102 people were killed and more than 200 wounded as nearby hospitals were flooded with victims from the blast, The Associated Press reported. Many were driven to the hospitals in pickup trucks and lifted onto stretchers while several men helped overwhelmed medics by holding plastic drips.

“It was a strong blow. A car exploded. I fell on the ground. It was in Sadriyah,” said one young man with a bandaged head, his face still streaked with blood.

The blast occurred at 4:40 p.m., the latest in a series of attacks against commercial targets in the capital as insurgents seek to maximize the number of people killed ahead of a planned U.S.-Iraqi security sweep.

It was the deadliest attack in the capital since Nov. 23, when suspected al-Qaida in Iraq fighters attacked the capital’s Sadr City Shiite slum with a series of car bombs and mortars that struck in quick succession, killing at least 215 people.




Suicide attack kills 104 in Iraq - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com

Many people Bashed Bush Sr. when, during the Gulf War, he pulled our troops out instead of going all the way to Baghdad. As you can see, his logic was impeccable. He knew what the result of that would be.

 

[cherokee]

Many people Bashed Bush Sr. when, during the Gulf War, he pulled our troops out instead of going all the way to Baghdad. As you can see, his logic was impeccable. He knew what the result of that would be.

Its is a fooking mess....These people have a hard-on for killing each other.
Death toll is now in the 130's



Say where are all the people sooo concerned about the Iraqi people?...hmmmm?
Why are you sooo silent?

 

[PeteEU]

Think most people have gotten numb to the news coming out of Iraq.. yea 130 here, 200 there, 3000 a month .. and thats only the registered/recorded deaths. It will only get worse.

Great little war Bush started there no?

 

[cherokee]

Think most people have gotten numb to the news coming out of Iraq.. yea 130 here, 200 there, 3000 a month .. and thats only the registered/recorded deaths. It will only get worse.

Great little war Bush started there no?

No...
Islam started this little holy war slick...like 1400 years ago but I guess you think the US was there as well?...:lamo

 

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

Think most people have gotten numb to the news coming out of Iraq.. yea 130 here, 200 there, 3000 a month .. and thats only the registered/recorded deaths. It will only get worse.

Great little war Bush started there no?

3000 per month? In WW2 3000 were dying per day.

 

[Hatuey]

3000 per month? In WW2 3000 were dying per day.

But this aint WWII now is it? How many people were involved in Iraq? How many were involved in WWII? Comparing Iraq to WWII is like comparing a duck to a horse. 2 very very different animals.

 

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

But this aint WWII now is it? How many people were involved in Iraq? How many were involved in WWII? Comparing Iraq to WWII is like comparing a duck to a horse. 2 very very different animals.

Iraq is just one front in the global war on terror. But let's compare it to the battle of Okinawa, during which 100,000 Japanese, and 20,000 U.S. soldiers died in one single battle, and unless you believe the ludicrous figures put out by John Hopkins, that's just barely less than the Iraqi's which have died, and far more U.S. troops which have died.

 

[faithful_servant]

Think most people have gotten numb to the news coming out of Iraq.. yea 130 here, 200 there, 3000 a month .. and thats only the registered/recorded deaths. It will only get worse.

Great little war Bush started there no?

I guess that you forgot about Kuwait and the fact that that conflict didn't end. Iraq lived under a cease fire for twelve years and repeatedly and blatantly violated that treaty. Had they not done so and fully coperated with UN inspectors and complied with the "no-fly zones" in the cease fire agreement, this woul dhav enever happened. Sorry that truth has to impose itself in your little "I hate Bush" party.