Residents stand at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, August 1, 2007. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
At least three people killed in southern Baghdad car bomb attack
At least three people were killed and five others injured in a car bomb attack at a marketplace in southern Baghdad on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry source said.
"A car bomb parking at the Athoriyen popular market in Doura district detonated in the afternoon, killing at least three people and wounding five others," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The blast also damaged several nearby shops and cars, the source said.
In a separate development, the death toll rose to 20 from a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood which also wounded 49 others, a ministry source said.
The attack took place near the al-Hurriyah Square at about 10: 30 a.m. (0630 GMT) earlier in the day, the source said.
Violence continues infesting Baghdad streets despite a more- than-five-month U.S. and Iraqi security plan aiming at putting rampant violence under control.
Source: Xinhua
Over 70 Killed In Three Bombing Attacks In Baghdad []
8/1/2007 2:41:27 PM Three separate bombings in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad left over 70 people dead Wednesday.
The deadliest attack occurred in western Baghdad when a fuel tanker loaded with explosives detonated at a gas station. The early afternoon blast killed at least 50 people and left another 60 wounded. Several cars were also damaged in the attack.
An earlier attack took place in Baghdad's Karrada district. A suicide car bomber set off his explosives near several popular businesses in the district's square, leaving at least 15 people dead and another 20 injured.
The third attack occurred in Baghdad's predominantly Christian Dora district. A car bomb detonated in a busy market inside the district, killing three and wounding another five.
The attacks marked a deadly start to the month of August for Iraqi civilians, who had just undergone the second-deadliest month of the year so far for Iraqi civilians in July.
Iraq’s largest Sunni Arab bloc withdraws from government; Baghdad bombings kill 70
By Qassim Abdul;-Zahra and Sinan Salaheddin/Associated Press Writers
August 1, 2007
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s largest Sunni Arab political bloc announced its withdrawal from the government Wednesday, undermining efforts to seek reconciliation among the country’s rival factions, and three bombings in Baghdad killed at least 70 people.
In one attack, 50 people were killed and 60 wounded when a suicide attacker exploded a fuel truck near a gas station in western Baghdad. Another 17 died in a separate car bomb attack in central Baghdad. And in a mostly Christian section of the capital, a parked car bombing killed three people.
The U.S. military announced the deaths of four American soldiers, three of whom were killed by a sophisticated, armor-piercing bomb. Britain also announced the death of one of its soldiers, by a roadside bombing in Basra.
The White House on Wednesday downplayed the significance of the Accordance Front’s leaving the government. Press secretary Tony Snow said that while it is important for all the political blocs to participate, reconciliation efforts are ongoing. He noted that Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and the minister of defense, both Sunnis, remain in place.
"We’re keeping an eye on the situation, but let’s keep in mind that it is not a complete withdrawal from the political process," Snow said.
The Accordance Front has 44 of parliament’s 275 seats. Its withdrawal from the 14-month-old government is the second such action by a faction of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s "national unity" coalition. Five Cabinet ministers loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr quit the government in April to protest al-Maliki’s reluctance to announce a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
Rafaa al-Issawi, a leading member of the Accordance Front, said at a news conference Wednesday that the Sunni bloc’s six Cabinet ministers would submit their resignations later in the day.
Al-Issawi said the decision to pull out from the government followed what he called al-Maliki’s failure to respond to the Accordance Front. It gave him seven days to meet its demands, and the ultimatum expired Wednesday.
Among the demands: a pardon for security detainees not charged with specific crimes, the disbanding of militias and the participation of all groups represented in the government in dealing with security issues.
"The government is continuing with its arrogance, refusing to change its stand and has slammed shut the door to any meaningful reforms necessary for saving Iraq," al-Issawi said.
"We had hoped that the government would respond to these demands or at least acknowledge the failure of its policies, which led Iraq to a level of misery it had not seen in modern history. But its stand did not surprise us at all," he said, reading from a prepared statement.
Three Mysterious Car Bombs Kill, Injure 200 In Baghdad;
Aug 02, 2007US Locks Down Samarra
By Muhammad Abu Nasr | Iraqi Resistance Report
Three mysterious bombs exploded in Baghdad on Wednesday that killed and injured upwards of 200 as US forces locked down Samarra launching a campaign of raids and searches following the downing of a US helicopter and as the Danish Defence Minister comes under fire.
In a dispatch posted at 4:25pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that an explosives-laden tank truck and two car bombs exploded in various parts of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing or wounding at least 200 people.
The AMSI reported a source in the puppet police as saying that a man driving an explosives-laden fuel tanker slammed into a fuel station in the western Baghdad neighborhood of al-Mansur on Wednesday afternoon. The blast killed 50 people and wounded 60 more, by preliminary count.
Earlier, on Wednesday morning, the puppet police source said, a car bomb exploded near al-Hurriyah Square in central Baghdad’s al-Karradah district, killing and wounding 80 more. The sources said that in addition to the casualties, nearby shops and private cars were also damaged.
Yet another car bomb exploded in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah, killing eight people, by preliminary count.
INSURGENT TARGETS POLICE CHECKPOINT
(PressZoom) - BAGHDAD - An insurgent detonated a car bomb he was driving at an Iraqi Security Force checkpoint in the Doura portion of the East Rashid District July 9, killing seven ISF members.
The suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device exploded after an insurgent drove up to an Iraqi National Police checkpoint.
Multinational Division - Baghdad troops from 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, responded to the sound of the large explosion and found three Iraqi Army troops and four policemen killed in the blast.
Three civilians, four policemen and three other Iraqi soldiers
were also wounded in the attack. The wounded were evacuated to a Coalition Medical Treatment Facility.
The incident is under investigation.
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