http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080122-114034/Suicide -bomber-attacks-Iraqi-school--police Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi school--police
Agence France-Presse First Posted 15:10:00 01/22/2008 BAQUBA, Iraq -- A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a school in the restive city of Baquba on Tuesday, wounding 21 people as the blast ripped through a crowd of teachers and pupils, police said. "Four female teachers and 17 pupils were wounded, including five very young boys," said police Major Ahmed al-Karkhi. The attacker targeted Al-Mutwra school in the middle of Baquba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) north of Baghdad, as pupils were arriving for morning classes, Karkhi said. The attack was the fifth by a suicide bomber in Baquba this month and follows a similar assault on a funeral ceremony for a police colonel's relative on Monday near the north-central city of Baiji which killed 17 mourners. US military spokesman Rear Admiral Gregory Smith told a news conference on Sunday that 40 to 50 foreign fighters sneak into Iraq each month -- down from more than 100 a year ago -- mostly to carry out suicide bombings. "Over 90 percent of suicide bombers are foreign terrorists," he said. US military intelligence experts told reporters in Baghdad that Al-Qaeda and other insurgents are on the run and are increasingly forced to resort to suicide attacks because their ability to stage major bombings has been reduced. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
