Baghdad bomb attack death toll climbs to 68

Baghdad bomb attack death toll climbs to 68

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The death toll from a double bomb attack on a crowded shopping district in central Baghdad has risen to 68, Iraqi officials said today.

The predominantly Shia middle-class Karradah neighbourhood was left in chaos after the twin blasts yesterday evening, which injured around 120 others.

The first casualties came when a bomb hidden under a vendor's stall detonated. About five minutes later, as people gathered to tend to the wounded, a suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt blew himself up in the crowd, the head of the local municipality told TV.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. A US military spokesman said the attack was "definitely" the work of al-Qaida in Iraq. Previous attacks blamed on the group have used the tactic of two explosions separated by a few minutes

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Before 2001, I never heard of Al qaida and neither did the Iraqi's.


I think Al-qaida is following the u.s around.

Reminds me of the old story 'The Pied piper"

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