Saturday: 9 GIs, 156 Iraqis Killed, 164 Wounded Updated at 5:11 p.m. EDT, April 28, 2007
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On what would have been Saddam Hussein's 70th birthday, a car bomb in Karbala killed or injured dozens near a holy shrine. Five Red Crescent workers were shot dead in Baghdad. Dumped bodies were found in Baghdad, Mosul, Mahmudiya, Baquba and Mahaweel as well. Overall, 156 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 164 Iraqis were wounded in violent attacks throughout Baghdad. Nine American GIs were also reported killed in three separate incidents.
At least 66 people were killed and 112 wounded when a parked car blew up as people were heading to evening prayers in the holy city of Karbala. Officials and clerics had gathered in the city to rebury the remains of 61 people who had been victims of a crackdown following a 1991 Shi'ite rebellion.
The U.S. military reported that three soldiers were killed southeast of Baghdad today when they struck a roadside bomb; another soldier was wounded. South of the capital another soldier was killed, and two wounded, in a roadside bomb blast. In Anbar province three soldiers and two Marines were killed during combat operations.
In Baghdad, mortar shells fell on al-Resala where they killed three people and wounded 10 others, including children. One day laborer was killed and eight more injured during a roadside bomb attack in the Za’afaraniya area. In the Khadimiya neighborhood, a roadside bomb killed one person and wounded three others. Another roadside bomb wounded two soldiers in Qahira. Gunmen in the Baiyaa neighborhood killed five Red Crescent workers and wounded one other. A mortar killed three and wounded ten, also in Baiyaa. Four civilians were gunned down in Yarmuk. Also, 17 bodies were recovered.
Sixteen bodies were discovered in Mosul. A former intelligence officer was gunned down. Also, gunmen stormed a home where they killed two people and injured four other members of the family.
During an attack on a Duluiya police station, gunmen killed one policeman and wounded two more.
U.S. aircraft destroyed a bomb-laden truck in Garma.
A body was found outside Mahmudiya; it was handcuffed and blindfolded.
The corpse of a person shot in the head was found in Mahaweel.
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