Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Car Bombing in Baghdad Market Kills 25

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A British soldier drives an army vehicle near a fuel truck on fire in Basra Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad on Monday , May 21, 2007. Violence hit the southern city of Basra, with gunmen killing one police officer and wounding another in an attack on their patrol, police said. Police also reported that the chief of customs in Basra, Col. Khalaf al-Badran, escaped injury when a roadside bomb struck his convoy as it left the airport. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani).

Car Bombing in Baghdad Market Kills 25

BAGHDAD, IRAQ — A parked car bomb ripped through a crowded outdoor market Tuesday in southwestern Baghdad, killing 25 people despite a three-month-old security crackdown meant to reduce violence in the capital.


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