Car Bombs, Suicide Attacks Kill at Least 49, Wound 130 in Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBM44C839E.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A string of car bombs and suicide attacks across Iraq killed at least 49 Iraqis and wounded more than 130 Monday, striking a Baghdad restaurant popular with police, a Shiite mosque and the home of a community leader near Mosul.

Insurgents also assassinated a senior Iraqi general in the capital, and the U.S. military reported that four American soldiers were killed in combat Sunday in northern Iraq and a fifth died in an accident.

About 610 people, including 49 U.S. troops, have been killed since April 28, when Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari announced his new government. Washington hopes the government will eventually train police and an army capable of securing Iraq and allowing the withdrawal of foreign troops.

In Monday's deadliest attack, two car bombs exploded in the town of Tal Afar, 50 miles west of the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 20 people and injuring 20 more, officials said. The blasts apparently targeted the home of Hassan Baktash, a Shiite Muslim with close ties to the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

[daleo]

1. But Laura Bush says things are going swimmingly. n/t

[darkism]

2. Freedom is on the march!

Mission Accomplished! We're really breaking the back of the insurgency! They're getting desperate now!

Fuck you, Mister Bush.

:cry:

[bemildred]

3. The Spring offensive seems to be in full bloom in both Iraq & Afghanistan.

Who could have predicted that?
:puke:

[Az_lefty]

4. All in one day?

this is just totally out of control.

[Colorado Blue]

5. I agree. nt.