Iraq 8/1/07 Over 70 Killed In Three Bombing Attacks In Baghdad

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.


Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 1 Aug 2007


Aug 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1830 GMT on Wednesday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Twenty-five bodies were found dumped around Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber killed 50 people and wounded 60 after luring motorists to a fuel truck near a petrol station in Baghdad's western Mansour district, police said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb killed 20 people and wounded 40 near al-Hurriya Square in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed three people and wounded six others in the al-Harthiya district of central Baghdad near the Green Zone, police said.

* MADAEN - Gunmen planted several bombs inside a residential building and blew it up, killing four civilians and wounding six others in Madaen, 45 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire on Tuesday in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb killed one Iraqi soldier and wounded three others in Iskandariya 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Nineveh province police chief, Wathiq al-Hamedani, escaped a roadside bomb attack on his convoy in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Four people, including two policemen, were wounded in the incident but Hamedani was unharmed.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed 14 insurgents and arrested 89 during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi army said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed three people and wounded five in Baghdad's southern Doura district, police said.

BASRA - A British soldier was killed when a roadside bomb struck an armoured Warrior vehicle on routine patrol in the city's Mustashfa district on Tuesday night, the British military said.

BAGHDAD - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near their patrol in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BALAD - Suspected al Qaeda insurgents kidnapped 18 Shi'ite men at a fake checkpoint near the town of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of 19 people were found in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Major-General Maher Nouri, a senior traffic police officer, in a drive-by shooting in central Baghdad, police said.