Reuters: Dozens of explosions rock Baghdad

[Eugene]

Dozens of explosions rock Baghdad
01 Mar 2007 19:33:05 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Adds Iraqi military spokesman)

BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) - Dozens of loud explosions rocked southern
Baghdad in quick succession on Thursday evening, Reuters witnesses said.

Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier Qassim Moussawi said the blasts were part
of a new security offensive against militants in the capital, Iraqiya state
television reported.

The broadcaster gave no further information. A U.S. military spokeswoman said
she had no details on the blasts.

The explosions, which sounded like mortar bombs, appeared to be coming from
the city's volatile Doura district. While bomb blasts are a regular occurrence
in Baghdad, such a number in a short space of time is rare.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01713971.htm

EDIT: story updated

Original Reuters story: Dozens of explosions rock Baghdad

Also from Reuters...

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 1
01 Mar 2007 18:03:56 GMT
Source: Reuters

March 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1740 GMT
on Thursday:

* indicates new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - The bodies of 15 people were found shot dead in different parts of
Baghdad in the past day, a police source said.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM139478.htm

The list of today's incidents is very long.

[dkofos]

1. Yes Pickles it says DOZENS

[tridim]

4. 12 = 1

Didn't you get the memo?

It's the same method Pickles uses to claim she only smokes 2 or 3 cigarettes a day.

[tanyev]

6. Say, maybe that's how they figure God created the world in 6 days, too.

What is that? Base 1,000,000 counting system?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. But, Laura says there's only one a day. Didn't they read her rules?

[Hubert Flottz]

3. "Piece is just around the corner."

Just a few "rose petals" landing!

[Bitwit1234]

5. I was wondering what Stepford Laura would say

for a librarian she sure can't count good..