Police say car bomb kills 15, wounds 25 in northwest Baghdad

[maddezmom]

A parked car bomb killed 15 civilians and wounded 25 others in northwest Baghdad on Saturday, police said.
The blast occurred in Hurriyah, a mixed neighborhood of the Iraqi capital, at around 3:30 p.m. local time.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-12-30-iraq-violence_x.htm?csp=34

Triple Baghdad car bombs kill 15
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A series of three coordinated car bombs exploded in a mixed Shiite-Sunni district in Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding 25, security and military sources said.

The three cars exploded in rapid succession some 10 hours after the pre-dawn execution of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. It was not immediately clear whether the attacks amounted to a reprisal from his supporters.

Fifteen people were killed in the blasts and 25 wounded, a security source told AFP on condition of anonymity. A military source confirmed the same toll.

more:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061230/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestattack_061230133252

[saigon68]

1. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[54anickel]

2. Not clear whether the attacks were a reprisal from Saddam supporters

Then they add the last paragraph:

Car bomb attacks on Shiite crowds in Iraq are usually blamed on Sunni insurgent groups such as Al-Qaeda or the Islamic Army of Iraq, which is linked to Saddam's defunct Baath party.

[maddezmom]

3. Bombs in Shi'ite areas kill 72 after Saddam hanged

(Updates toll, adds Kufa bombing, background)

BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Four car bombs targeting Shi'ites in Baghdad and a town south of the capital killed more than 70 people on Saturday, hours after Saddam Hussein was hanged amid fears of revenge by his Sunni Arab supporters.

In Baghdad, three car bombs exploded in quick succession in the mainly Shi'ite neighbourhood of Hurriya, killing 36 people and wounding 77, an Interior Ministry source said.

Police in Kufa, near the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, said 36 people were killed and 58 wounded by the car bomb at a market packed with shoppers ahead of the week-long Eid al-Adha holiday.

They said a mob killed a man they accused of planting the bomb in the town about 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad.
link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR056291.htm