43 dead in rush-hour car bomb blasts (They are getting more deadly)
 

BAGHDAD -- Three car bombs exploded near a crowded bus station yesterday, killing up to 43 people in the deadliest suicide attack in Baghdad in weeks.

The attacks, which began at the height of rush hour, may have been carried out to coincide with deliberations on Iraq's constitution, which resumed yesterday after failing to meet a deadline two days ago.

Police said the first bomb blew up the busy Nadha bus terminal shortly before 8 a.m. As police rushed to the scene, a suicide driver detonated his vehicle in the station's parking lot. Another suicide bomber blew up his car a half hour later near Kindi Hospital, to which ambulances were transporting the injured.

Police Capt. Nabil Abdul-Qader said 43 people were killed and 85 were wounded in the attacks. The U.S. military put the casualty toll at 38 dead and 68 injured.

Screaming survivors scrambled about the smoking, husks of buses and cars looking for signs of relatives.


Four suspects were detained at the bus station on suspicion of involvement.

Pierre Pettigrew, Canada's foreign affairs minister, condemned the attacks.

"It is clear that the perpetrators of this immoral attack act without conscience, with the sole objective of preventing the establishment of a peaceful and democratic Iraq," he said in a statement.

The attacks occurred shortly before the leaders of Iraq's political factions met to try to finish the constitution by the new deadline next Monday. If no agreement can be reached, parliament must be dissolved and a new transitional assembly and government elected.

The country's largest Sunni group, the Iraqi Islamic Party, issued a blistering attack on the drafting committee, accusing it of bias and incompetence.

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LOL...yes by protesting another countries presence i your own it is wise to kill your own people.
Jesus these people clearly are future recepients of Darwin Awards.

Its all undercontrol and the fight on terrorism is going great

/end sarcasm...

Yeesh. They've averaged something between 60-70 insurgent attacks PER DAY now for months. Any parallels being drawn to the creation of a constitution is completely arbitrary. They're not stepping up attacks and getting deadlier because of some bullshit date on a calendar... they're stepping up attacks and getting deadlier because they own Iraq, they can operate with complete impunity, and they're getting better at what they do. :(

THAT'S the message they want to send. This consitution thing is just more rummyspeak about 'turning a corner'. There's been about 10893792 corners turned so far, so many that one might consider it a 'downward spiral'. :helpme

The terrorist are from all over the middle east. Don't think they are killing their own people. Not all of them just target anyone, there is a sniper that was killing off US soldiers.

Elusive sniper saps US morale in Baghdad

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/...542824,00.html