Car bomb kills 30 in Iraq

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Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD - Iraqi police say a car bomb that exploded in Baqouba killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens of others.

A police officer says the explosives-laden car was parked near a restaurant across the street from the courthouse and provincial government offices in the city center. It exploded just before noon, when the area is crowded with people visiting government offices and eating lunch at the restaurant.

The officer is in the Diyala provincial police command but spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.

He says the toll of 30 people killed could rise and that more than 40 people also were wounded in Tuesday's blast.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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Deadly bombings hit Iraqi cities
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7348089.stm

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[maddezmom]

2. More than 50 killed by car bombs in Iraq

More than 50 killed by car bombs in Iraq By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
42 minutes ago



BAGHDAD - Car bombs ripped through crowded areas at lunch hour in the former Sunni insurgent strongholds of Baqouba and Ramadi on Tuesday as more than 50 people were killed in one of the deadliest days in Iraq in months.

A parked car bomb also targeted a police patrol in central Baghdad, killing four civilians who were passing by and wounding 15 other people, police said.

Nobody claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attacks, but they bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida and came after weeks of few car bombings or suicide attacks.

The first attack occurred in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, when an explosives-laden car parked in front of a restaurant exploded just before noon across the street from the courthouse and other government offices in the city center.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AgTQ2t7zH2wtTMG4E0k4EEGs0NUE

[ShockediSay]

10. Anybody else notice how Iraq has slipped off the front page

of MSM?

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3. 52 dead as car bombs target restaurants in Iraq

Children and women among victims as two lunch-hour blasts wound dozens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24121281/

Car bombs ripped through crowded areas during Tuesday's lunch hour in two former insurgent strongholds as more than 50 people were killed in one of the deadliest days in Iraq in months.

In Baqouba, an explosives-laden car blew up while parked near a restaurant across the street from a courthouse and provincial government offices. Police said at least 38 people were killed, while more than 40 people were wounded.

The attack occurred just before noon in the city center in the capital of Diyala province when the area is crowded with people visiting the government offices and eating lunch at the restaurant. Women and children were among the victims.

[maddezmom]

4. Iraq bombings, clashes kill 62

Iraq bombings, clashes kill 62 by Salam Faraj
1 hour, 14 minutes ago



BAGHDAD, April 15, 2008 (AFP) - A spate of bombings across Iraq and a fresh surge of fighting between Shiite militiamen and US forces in eastern Baghdad killed at least 62 people on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said.

A car bomb outside a courthouse in the central city of Baquba, a stronghold of Al-Qaeda, killed at least 40 people and wounded 80 in the most devastating attack in the violence-wracked country in a month, police said.

Medical officials said many of the victims were charred beyond recognition and people were crowding the local hospital trying to identify the remains of relatives.

Three minibuses were destroyed and 10 houses damaged in the blast, which sparked pandemonium, an AFP correspondent said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_080415113247

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5. OMG

it just keeps getting worse

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repuglican catapult$ for sale (to their crony "new$" media...)

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7. Car bombs kill nearly 60 in Iraq

Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD - Car bombs ripped through crowded areas in Baghdad and former insurgent strongholds to the north and west of the capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people and breaking a recent lull in violence in the predominantly Sunni areas.

The attacks were a deadly reminder of the threat posed by suspected Sunni insurgents even as clashes between Shiite militia fighters and U.S.-Iraqi forces continued elsewhere.

The first blast Tuesday occurred in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, when a car parked in front of a restaurant exploded just before noon across the street from the central courthouse and other government offices.

Many of the victims were people visiting the government offices, petition writers helping people with documents in stalls outside or the occupants of cars that were caught in the explosion as they passed through the area, witnesses said. Several cars and minibuses were set ablaze, while more than 10 shops and the restaurant were heavily damaged.

One survivor described a huge fire that sent black smoke billowing into the sky and left charred bodies inside their cars.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AnPIv9gSWrQzqFBOT_MOwBys0NUE

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8. Damn. Last I had heard it was still only at 20.

That was pretty early this morning though.

60 more lives ended for a lie. Damn. Damn. Damn!

[LynnTheDem]

9. Thank Gawd for George W. bUsh and his

SUCCESS!

[redqueen]

11. But Old John McCain says life is returning to normal in Iraq.

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