A string of morning rush hour bombings in central Baghdad on Thursday killed at least five people and wounded 17 in the latest wave of violence to hit the Iraqi capital, police said.
Four of those killed died when two roadside bombs targetting a checkpoint in central Baghdad went off in quick succession, police said.
Two of the victims were civilians and two were members of an anti-Qaeda “Sahwa” or Awakening group, who are often targetted by jihadists for siding with US forces in the fight against members of Osama bin Laden’s network.
Four people were injured in the blasts, which occurred in the busy commercial district of Sheikomar.
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Many Sahwa members are former insurgents who fought US and Iraqi forces after Saddam Hussein’s regime fell in the wake of the 2003 US-led invasion, but since late 2006 sided with the Americans to battle Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Another roadside bomb detonated near the Al-Gailani mosque in Baghdad’s central Baba Alsheikh neighbourhood, killing one person and injuring four others, police said.
Also Thursday, a roadside bomb targetting a government pick-up truck in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr city injured nine people including five city employees, police said.
November 6th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Too bad General P isn’t among the deceased.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
It looks like MI6/CIA mercenaries have bee busy in Bagdad!! The only question is – was it special forces, or extremist militants funded by MI6/CIA, trained by MI6/CIA, and folowing orders from MI6/CIA?? Whatever we’re told, it’s so obvious who’s really behind it all!! It’s got to a point now where even if it wasn’t them, who’d beleive their denial??? Thev’ve murdered, lied, commited acts of treason and terrorism so many times that we know about, even they couldn’t tell us if they were telling the truth or not!!! 322 WE KNOW ABOUT YOU!!!