Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Iraq: On Ground Updates - August 19, 2009

Iraq: On Ground Updates
Baghdad Struck Wednesday by Wave of Coordinated Deadly Bombings - 95 Dead/563 wounded
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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The Bloomberg website brings us the following bad new and it starts off like this... Baghdad was hit by a wave of coordinated bombings in the bloodiest attack in Iraq this year. As many as 95 people were killed and 563 wounded, Agence France- Presse reported, citing the Interior Ministry... The blasts ripped through diplomatic and civilian areas, state-owned Iraqiya television said. The worst bombing left at least 59 people dead near the Foreign Ministry, the Associated Press said. Another near the Finance Ministry killed 28, AFP reported... Al-Qaeda and supporters of the late former leader Saddam Hussein were responsible for the assaults, President Jalal Talabani said in an e-mailed statement. He urged Iraqi security forces to be “more alert.”...
Read the rest
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SkyNews.com has this report... Iraq's Prime Minister has urged a review of the country's security measures after 95 people were killed in a series of bomb and mortar attacks in Baghdad...
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Damn, Mr. Prime Minister -- You THINK!!!]
Read the full report at link below...
Baghdad Blasts: PM Calls For Security Review
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Wave of Bombs Rip through Baghdad

About the News Video: Dozens are killed and hundreds wounded as a wave of co-ordinated explosions rip through the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
This video posted on YouTube by
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