Thirteen killed in south Baghdad attacks

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Insurgents killed four employees from the Iraqi Red Crescent and nine others in three separate attacks in Baghdad's southern districts on Saturday, a security official said.

Four Iraqi humanitarian workers were killed and three others wounded when gunmen ambushed their minibus in the capital's mixed Sunni-Shiite district of Zafaraniyah, the official said.

No other details were immediately available on the attack, he said.

Also in Zafaraniyah, a group of rubbish collectors was hit by a roadside bomb, which killed one and wounded eight others, the official said.

In nearby Saydiyah, another mixed district, unidentified gunmen shot dead five civilians and wounded one more, he added.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070428/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_070428081538

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. So they are now throwing candy at Red Cross

workers (taht is what the Red Crescent is)

Damn it... that never changes

[maddezmom]

2. U.S. forces destroy truck bomb in Iraq w/ fighter jets

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces used fighter jets to destroy a truck bomb discovered in Anbar province, and conducted a raid south of Baghdad that netted weapons that insurgents apparently had imported from neighboring Iran, the military said Saturday.

But deadly attacks by suspected insurgents continued in the capital, with a drive-by shooting killing four Iraqis, a mortar attack killing three children, and a roadside bomb killing a city street cleaner, police said.

~snip~

After cordoning off the area and evacuating nearby citizens, the Marines called in U.S. fighter jets that destroyed the truck, causing an explosion large enough to damage some nearby buildings, the military said.

No civilian or coalition injuries were reported.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070428/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AjMBIWI3DBb2uxZBs_tMT0is0NUE

[cal04]

3. Blast near Iraq shrine causes casualties

Blast near Iraq shrine causes casualties
- A car bomb exploded about 500 yards from the main Shiite shrine in Karbala, resulting in casualties, a security official said Saturday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070428/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq


Many casualties in car bomb in Iraq's Kerbala
A car bomb exploded near two Shi'ite shrines in the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Saturday and there were many casualties, a Reuters witness said.

The blast hit near one of Kerbala's main commercial streets. The Reuters witness said he saw tens of people hurt and some killed.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28118956.htm

[maddezmom]

4. Twenty-seven bodies found in Iraqi city -- police

More BAGHDAD, April 28 (Reuters) - A total of 27 bodies were found in different parts of the religiously mixed and volatile Iraqi city of Baquba on Saturday, police said.

They said 15 bodies, handcuffed and with gunshot wounds to the head, were discovered in a field. Another 12 were found in other parts of the city, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28725119.htm