IRAQ: Truck bomb kills 10 at Baghdad market

Record ID: 356123

  • Title: IRAQ: Truck bomb kills 10 at Baghdad market
  • Date: 7th May 2009
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MAY 06, 2009) (REUTERS) PEOPLE AT WHOLESALE MARKET WHERE BLAST TOOK PLACE / WRECKAGE ON GROUND PIECES OF CAR STAINED WITH BLOOD WRECKAGE OF CAR BOMB AND DAMAGED SHELTER OF MARKET ON BACKGROUND PIECES OF CAR ON GROUND STAINED WITH BLOOD (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ALI, A GROCER AT MARKET, SAYING: "The truck entered the market and people were slaughtered. What do po
  • Embargoed: 22nd May 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA4ASH2M84JYXAXX3LQO8PJZG2G
  • Story Text: A bomb planted in a pickup truck killed 10 people and wounded 37 others at a vegetable market in Baghdad on Wednesday (May 6).
    It happened in the mainly Sunni Muslim area of Doura around 7am local time as merchants wound up the daily delivery of goods to the market.
    Normal life had been slowly returning to Doura, which like other parts of Baghdad, was once controlled entirely by al Qaeda.
    Sectarian violence has dropped sharply, but a rash of major bombings in recent weeks has raised questions about security gains as U.S. combat troops prepare to withdraw from Iraqi cities next month and Iraq gears up for national elections.
    In April, 290 Iraqi civilians were killed in attacks, the highest number since November. Thirteen U.S. soldiers were killed in combat in April.
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