Baghdad rocked by double bombing Two suicide bombers have struck near the Green Zone in central Baghdad, killing one person and injuring six, Iraqi interior ministry officials say. The first blast was caused by a car bomb. The second, moments later, was caused by a man wired with explosives.
Rescuers at the site reportedly found a third man with explosives strapped to his body that had failed to detonate. At least 26 Iraqis, almost all of them children, were killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad on Wednesday. The car drove up to a US army vehicle and exploded as soldiers were handing out sweets to local children, witnesses said. A US soldier also died in the suicide blast. Another three US soldiers are reported to have been injured. 'Would-be bomber' An interior ministry official said Thursday's bombers targeted the Salihiyah police check post at the gates to the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which houses the US embassy and the Iraqi government. At least two policemen are among those injured. Reports say police arrested a wounded man at the scene who was wired with explosives. However, the Associated Press news agency quotes police as saying that the man, a would-be bomber, was shot dead on the spot. Separately, two policemen were killed and four hurt in a shootout in western Baghdad, an interior ministry official said. Hundreds of Iraqis have died in attacks by militants opposed to the US presence and a Shia-led government that took charge in Baghdad earlier this year. Distraught parents Wednesday's blast killing dozens of children is said to have taken place as a US patrol passed through Baghdad's eastern al-Jedidah district, populated mainly by Shia Muslims. At the nearby Kindi hospital, correspondents reported hundreds of distraught relatives wandering along blood-soaked corridors shouting and screaming as they looked for their children, many of whom were badly mutilated. A bomb blast in Baghdad in September last year killed at least 34 children. That attack also saw the victims gather round US troops who were handing out sweets, to mark the opening of a water treatment plant. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4681673.stm Published: 2005/07/14 09:00:22 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/
