Security Incidents for May 8, 2007

A suicide car bomber tore through a busy market in the Shiite holy city of Kufa on Tuesday morning, killing at least 16 people and wounding 70 in an attack sure to further enflame tensions between Iraq's Sunni and Shiite populations. The 550-pound car bomb at Kufa exploded about 10 a.m. in an area that also included a school and the mayor's office, police said. The 16 killed included women and children, said Salim Naima, spokesman of the Najaf health department. 25 dead bodies were found all over Baghdad as the following: 20 in west Baghdad ( Kharkh bank) ; 7 in Amil , 4 in Bayaa , 3 in Doura , 2 in Saidiya , 2 in Ghazaliya , 2 in Jihad . while 5 were found in east Baghdad ( Rusafa bank) ; 1 in Sadr. 1 in Suleikh, 1 in Qahira , 1 in Waziriya , 1 in Filsteen ( Palestine )...

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