Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Iraq hit by 7 bomb attacks in one day Tuesday, February 21, 2006; Posted: 2:14 a.m. EST (07:14 GMT) BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Seven bomb attacks ripped through Iraq on Monday, killing 16 people, including a U.S. soldier, and wounding 56, officials said. The attacks came on the day British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in Baghdad, the Foreign Office said. Straw was scheduled to meet with Iraqi politicians to get an update on the formation of a their new government. The day's most deadly attack -- a suicide bombing -- took the lives of 10 people and wounded eight others in Baghdad's mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Khadmiye, Iraqi Emergency Police said. No other details were available. A homemade bomb exploded near a group of day laborers in central Baghdad, wounding 20, police said. The wounded were evacuated to the Ibn al Nafis and Kinidi hospitals. Southeast of Karbala, a roadside bomb struck a vehicle in an American military combat patrol, killing a U.S. soldier, according to the Coalition Press Information Center. The death brought the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war to 2,275, according to military reports. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/21/iraq.main/index.html Monday, 20 February 2006, 11:20 GMT Many die in fresh Iraq bombings A bomb attack on a restaurant in Mosul killed at least five A suicide bombing on a bus in Baghdad has killed at least 12 Iraqis. Eleven people have died in other violence, including a restaurant bombing in the northern city of Mosul. In a separate development, the US has threatened to cut aid to Iraq if the new government includes politicians with a sectarian bias. US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad was speaking after talks to form a new government faltered over divisions between Shias, Sunni Arabs and Kurds. " Sectarian and ethnic conflict is the fundamental problem in Iraq, " he said. Spate of attacks The Baghdad bus attack occurred in Kadhimiya, a Shia-dominated area of northern Baghdad, at about midday local time (0900 GMT). Eight people were also injured in the attack. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4731474.stm Dasha: Ma/Ra/Ma/Ke/Ve Ma/Ra/Ma will last till 28 February 2006, 03:38 AM .. As the affliction of transit Ketu over transit Mars is becoming exact, and the affliction of transit retrograde Saturn over natal Mars is still there, the probability of things becoming worse during the coming days increases. On 28 February 2006, Ma/Ju/Ju/Ju/Ju begins. Transit Jupiter will be exactly under the affliction of natal Rahu, placed in H8. satva Jorge Angelino Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica Perpétua Azeitonense, 29 2925-598 Azeitão Portugal jorge.angelino tel: mobile: 210813674 963916784 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? -- Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.12/265 - Release 20.02.2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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