Two Suicide Bombers Kill 33 in Iraq

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide bombers detonated themselves near a restaurant frequented by Baghdad police Thursday morning, killing at least 33 people and injuring 19, police said.

The blast echoed through central Baghdad at about 9:45 a.m., when police officers frequently stop by for breakfast. Police Maj. Abdel-Hussein Minsef said two bombers attacked the restaurant, killing seven police officers and 26 civilians.

Samiya Mohammed, a housewife who lives nearby, said she rushed outside when she heard the explosion.

"I went out to see the restaurant heavily damaged. There was bodies, mostly civilians, and blood everywhere inside the place. This is a criminal act that only targeted and hurt innocent people having their breakfast," she said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_explosion;

[Dances with Cats]

1. "Worser and worser"

To paraphrase some character from the old Lil Abner comic strip, "This gets 'worser and worser'"

[ECH1969]

2. Good quote

There were no Americans in the area, she said.

"I do not understand why most of the time it is the Iraqis who are killed," she said.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

3. why?

just ask the Brits who were arrested a month or so ago disguised as Iraqis as they planted bombs--(the ones the British Secret Service broke out of jail with a tank so they could not be tried)

[ECH1969]

4. Because Iraqis are being killed in large numbers

by both sides.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. Seems this event will barely make a blip on the radar screen

but the same sort of thing happening in Jordan or anywhere else will be all over the news for a week.

[lonestarnot]

6. Mustn't speak of genocide.