CNN: Charred bodies still being pulled from Baghdad bombing that killed 200
(CNN)Nearly two days after a suicide truck bomb ripped through Baghdad, families are still hoping that rescuers searching through the rubble can locate the bodies of their loved ones.
The Saturday night attack on a busy shopping district was the deadliest single incident in the Iraq's war-weary capital in years, killing at least 200 people, Mohamed al-Rubaye, the deputy head of the security committee of the Baghdad Provincial Council, said on Afaq TV Monday.
Crews are still on the scene in the Karrada neighborhood where the blast occurred, trying to pull bodies from the devastation.
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MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
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U.S. senators warn against further troop cuts in Afghanistan.
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AFRICA
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Nigeria militants resume attacks on oil pipelines despite truce.
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EUROPE
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AMERICAS
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Trudeau says Canada will explore gender-neutral ID cards as he joins gay pride.
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Al Qaeda leader calls for attacks in Somalia & Kenya.
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Oil eases as weak demand tempers bullish Saudi energy minister comments.
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1 comment:
These Baghdad bombings are not only immoral they are a mistake.
They will only strengthen resolve of the Shia population.
The retaliation will be ethnic cleansing.
Bombing the cities did not help Hitler during The Blitz. In fact in the short term it ensured the survival of the RAF. In the long term it made the occupation worse. The 1st 2 years of the occupation were not that great. No doubt that contributed to the occupation.
With ethnic cleansing of the Sunni, Obama nor the European leaders will do anything but bleat.
When Obama leaves the presidency and becomes a pundit, he will bleat loudly and self-importantly, safe in the knowledge that no one will call him on it since he has no army.
He never did anything good when he had an army. Be assured talking heads in the MSM will talk sagely about his past accomplishment and gravitas.
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