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75 killed by bombing at Baghdad mosque
By LAUREN FRAYER, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD - A truck bomb struck a Shiite mosque Tuesday in central Baghdad,
killing 75 people and wounding more than 200, even as about 10,000 U.S.
soldiers northeast of the capital used heavily armored Stryker and Bradley
fighting vehicles to battle their way into an al-Qaida sanctuary.
The thunderous explosion at the Khillani mosque in the capital's commercial
area of Sinak sent smoke billowing over concrete buildings. On Sunday,
officials lifted a curfew aimed at preventing retaliatory violence after
last week's bombing of a Shiite mosque in Samarra.
Gunfire erupted shortly after the blast, which a police officer said went
off near the Khillani mosque in the commercial area of Sinak.
A police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security
concerns, said the car that exploded was parked in a lot near the mosque and
it damaged the outer wall of the building.
Police and hospital officials said at least 75 people were killed and 204
were wounded, adding that the toll could rise as bodies were pulled from the
debris.
The mosque's imam, Sheik Saleh al-Haidari, said it was a truck bomb and the
explosion hit worshippers as they were leaving afternoon prayers.
"This attack was planned and carried out by sick souls, damaging the mosque's
outer wall and collapsing my office and the room above it," al-Haidari told
The Associated Press by telephone.
"There are number of bodies being pulled from the rubble and a number of
worshippers were killed or injured," he said, adding that he was not inside
the mosque when the blast occurred.
AP Television News video showed a huge pile of rubble where the wall used to
be, but its turquoise dome was intact.
These holy "freedom fighters" get more noble every day.
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Quote Of The Week
"The Clintons Are A Terminally Unethical And Vulgar Couple, And They?ve
Betrayed Everyone Who Has Ever Believed In Them." - Bob Herbert, Columnist
NY Times Clinton
By LAUREN FRAYER, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD - A truck bomb struck a Shiite mosque Tuesday in central Baghdad,
killing 75 people and wounding more than 200, even as about 10,000 U.S.
soldiers northeast of the capital used heavily armored Stryker and Bradley
fighting vehicles to battle their way into an al-Qaida sanctuary.
The thunderous explosion at the Khillani mosque in the capital's commercial
area of Sinak sent smoke billowing over concrete buildings. On Sunday,
officials lifted a curfew aimed at preventing retaliatory violence after
last week's bombing of a Shiite mosque in Samarra.
Gunfire erupted shortly after the blast, which a police officer said went
off near the Khillani mosque in the commercial area of Sinak.
A police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security
concerns, said the car that exploded was parked in a lot near the mosque and
it damaged the outer wall of the building.
Police and hospital officials said at least 75 people were killed and 204
were wounded, adding that the toll could rise as bodies were pulled from the
debris.
The mosque's imam, Sheik Saleh al-Haidari, said it was a truck bomb and the
explosion hit worshippers as they were leaving afternoon prayers.
"This attack was planned and carried out by sick souls, damaging the mosque's
outer wall and collapsing my office and the room above it," al-Haidari told
The Associated Press by telephone.
"There are number of bodies being pulled from the rubble and a number of
worshippers were killed or injured," he said, adding that he was not inside
the mosque when the blast occurred.
AP Television News video showed a huge pile of rubble where the wall used to
be, but its turquoise dome was intact.
These holy "freedom fighters" get more noble every day.
--
Quote Of The Week
"The Clintons Are A Terminally Unethical And Vulgar Couple, And They?ve
Betrayed Everyone Who Has Ever Believed In Them." - Bob Herbert, Columnist
NY Times Clinton
