Fresh bombings hit Iraqi capital Fresh bombs in the Iraqi capital have killed at least eight people, hours after dozens died in a suicide attack. In southern Baghdad, a car bomb killed two police commandos and a civilian and injured 13, including nine policemen.
Another bomb in the west of the city killed a commando and wounded three civilians. Four policemen more died in another two bomb attacks in the city. On Saturday, a suicide bomb in Musayyib, south of Baghdad, killed 71 people and injured another 156. The bomber blew himself up near a mosque in the town, which is ethnically mixed but predominantly Shia. MAJOR RECENT ATTACKS 15 July: Suicide bombs kill 16 13 July: Bomb kills 26 children 10 July: 20 army recruits killed 26 June: 35 die in Mosul attack 25 June: Suicide attacks kill 23 20 June: Several attacks, 31 dead 2 June: Multiple bombs kill 24 30 May: 27 dead in Hilla 11 May: 70 dead in Tikrit, Hawija 4 May: Irbil bombing kills 60 The blast caused a nearby fuel tanker to explode. It was the worst single attack in months, capping a week of violence in which more than 100 were killed in 16 suicide attacks in Baghdad. On Friday alone, 10 suicide bombers blew themselves up in a wave of attacks across the city. In a statement posted on the internet afterwards, the militant group al-Qaeda in Iraq said their leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had urged them to intensify their attacks. Earlier in the day on Saturday, three British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in central Amarah, south-east Iraq. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4690257.stm Published: 2005/07/17 09:37:26 GMT © BBC MMV Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> 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/
