Insurgents Attacks in Baghdad Kill 20 (Thurs.)

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050505/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents killed at least 20 people in three separate attacks targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad on Thursday, including one by a man who set off hidden explosives while waiting in line outside an army recruitment center, police said.


A similar attack Wednesday by a suicide bomber standing in a line outside a police recruitment center in the northern Kurdish city of Irbil killed 60 and wounded 150.

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In the deadliest attack Thursday, a man carrying hidden explosives set them off while standing in a long line of job applicants outside an Iraqi army recruitment office in central Baghdad, killing at least 11 people, police and hospital officials said. At least six people were wounded in the 8 a.m. attack, a police officer said on condition of anonymity.

The recruitment center, which has been hit by insurgent attacks before, is surrounded by a cement wall topped with barbed wire. It is located on the site of a former Iraqi army airfield.

[dbt]

1. 24 hours ago, I saw a "news" item saying that the insurgency

was declining. It was such bullshit that I didn't bother bookmarking it. But damn, it would've been handy to fling back into der bu$hler's face right about now!

[leftchick]

2. over 200 dead in Iraq in the last week

some decline. :eyes:

[ps1074]

3. but but ... freedom is on the march

:shrug:

[leftchick]

4. NO mention of This US Army Vehicle in Flames...

Can't quite tell what it was...

http://us.news3.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/345,http%3A%2F%2Fus.news2.yimg.com%2Fus.yimg.com%2Fp%2Fap%2F20050505%2Fcapt.bag10605051056.iraq__bag106.jpg

An Iraqi boy views the spot where a US Army vehicle burns after it was hit by a suicide car bomb in the Dorah district of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May, 5, 2005. At least 20 people were killed in three separate attacks targeting Iraqi and US security forces in Baghdad Thursday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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US Army army soldiers secure the area after a US military truck was hit by a suicide car bomb in the Dorah district of Baghdad, Iraq , Thursday, May, 5, 2005. At least 20 people were killed in three separate attacks targeting Iraqi and US security forces in Baghdad Thursday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

[Massachusetts]

5. Kuwait News Agency

Suicide bombing targets US patrol in Baghdad

MIL-IRAQ-BLAST 2
Suicide bombing targets US patrol in Baghdad

BAGHDAD -- Eyewitnesses said the suicide bombing came after a number of insurgents attacked the patrol with rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and machinegun fire.

No reports on casualties have been made available yet. (end) mhg.

mab
KUNA 051128 May 05NNNN

[leftchick]

7. found another photo

Thank you for the info. I found this but am not sure if it is the same vehicle. It looks like the fire was put out on this one.

http://us.news3.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/380,http%3A%2F%2Fus.news1.yimg.com%2Fus.yimg.com%2Fp%2Frids%2F20050505%2Fi%2Fr1866036379.jpg

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A U.S. soldier extinguishes a fire of a burning army truck destroyed by a car bomb in Baghdad May 5, 2005. Insurgents unleashed a series of ambushes and bomb blasts targeting Iraqi security forces in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 24 people in the latest attacks in a surge of violence that has rocked the capital. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz Email Photo Print Photo

[DrDebug]

6. Probably just one of the 15000 attacks of this year n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. And now back to the Jackson Distrac... err trial

And will somebody please let another runaway bride loose?