IN the worst attack on Baghdad since the war to unseat Saddam Hussein, insurgents killed at least 152 people overnight and wounded 236
From correspondents in Baghdad
November 24, 2006 05:44am
IN the worst attack on Baghdad since the war to unseat Saddam Hussein, insurgents killed at least 152 people overnight and wounded 236 in a series of car bombings in the Shiite district of Sadr City, security and medical sources said.
The attacks prompted the interior ministry to announce an indefinite curfew in the capital, effective from 8pm today (4am AEDT Friday).
Wounded clogged the hospitals of Sadr City, with dozens lying bleeding in the corridors as overworked staff struggled to tend to the casualties.
"Of those killed, 88 bodies are in the Imam Ali hospital and 55 in Sadr City hospital," a medic said, saying many of the bodies were burned beyond recognition.
A police official said other bodies were taken to hospitals outside the district.
Hospital security forces kept at bay hundreds of relatives struggling to see the dead and wounded.
The bloodiest bomb exploded in a crowded market in the Hay neighbourhood, targeting stores selling religious CDs, as well as electronics outlets selling mobile phones.
In the increasingly bitter sectarian war gripping the capital, crowded markets in Shiite neighbourhoods and villages have been popular targets for the bombers of the Sunni-led insurgency.
In the market, the twisted frame of a car carrying the explosives sat amid the wreckage of the shops, while everywhere the ground was littered with pools of blood and debris from the stores.
As ambulances rushed to attend to the wounded, pillars of black smoke billowed over the stricken neighbourhood and inhabitants collected the bits of flesh left by the dead.
Interior ministry spokesman Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf told state television Al-Iraqiya that police believe a total of eight bombs were planted in Sadr City. >>>cont
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I look at the Headline and I wonder who is thinking of the thousands of innocent men, women, children that have died this month, and all the past months in Iraq, because of the lies of the Bush Administration, on this Thanksgiving Day in America.
Georgie Bush Senior, to the Arab People
My son is an Honourable Man, I wonder how many of the people of Iraq think Georgie is an Honourable man, On this Thanksgiving Day.
NONE , AND THEY WOULD BE RIGHT, THIS MAN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION, ARE NOT HONOURABLE MEN.
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