NYT/Reuters: Car Bomb Hits Market as Annan Visits Iraq

[DeepModem Mom]

Car Bomb Hits Market as Annan Visits Iraq
By REUTERS
Published: November 12, 2005
Filed at 5:34 a.m. ET


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan made his first visit to Iraq since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion, arriving on Saturday amid tight security as a car bomb ripped through a Baghdad market, killing at least five people.

Annan came from Amman where he discussed Wednesday's deadly bombings in three hotels in the Jordanian capital, which al Qaeda in Iraq said was carried out by four Iraqis, including a married couple....

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As Annan arrived in the heavily fortified international ''green zone'' where most government business is conducted, a car bomb exploded in a market in east Baghdad, starting fires in several shops and killing at least five people, police said.

"A car parked near a pharmacy suddenly blew up and we saw smoke and people started running,'' witness Ali Saleh said. ''Women were searching for their children. The shrapnel flew everywhere, the force of the blast was so strong.''

Another witness said many shops in the market were set on fire, with people trapped inside. Police said there were at least five dead and a dozen wounded....


http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq.html?hp&ex=1131858000&en=78f9275f84c02fe0&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[Rose Siding]

1. *Dozens* were killed 2 days ago in a restaurant?

I didn't even notice about that one, so soon after the Jordan attacks :(

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The latest attack came just two days after a suicide bomber killed dozens of people in a crowded restaurant in Baghdad.

That was one of the biggest attacks in Baghdad in recent months and came a day after three hotel bombs in Jordan's capital Amman, claimed by al Qaeda in Iraq, killed 57 people.