IRAQ: Celebration of Eid in Baghdad is jarred by a car bomb

Record ID: 356500

  • Title: IRAQ: Celebration of Eid in Baghdad is jarred by a car bomb
  • Date: 24th December 2007
  • Summary: (W2) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (DECEMBER 24, 2007) (REUTERS) IRAQI AND U.S. TROOPS NEAR WRECKAGE OF CAR BOMB TROOPS NEAR WRECKAGE OF CAR BOMB CHARRED REMAINS OF CAR SOLDIERS NEAR WRECKAGE OF CAR IRAQI AND AMERICAN TROOPS AT BLAST SCENE IRAQI AND AMERICAN TROOPS EXAMINING WRECKAGE OF CAR CAR WRECKAGE IRAQI OFFICER NEAR WRECKAGE OF CAR (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic), LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAT
  • Embargoed: 8th January 2008 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA9BGUGPLGXSIAXS9CAKCYWIZFH
  • Story Text: A car bomb exploded in central Baghdad on Monday (December 24), killing one civilian and wounding five others, police and army sources said.
    They said the blast, which took place near Sinak Bridge in central Baghdad targeted people going to a park to celebrate Eid al-Adha holiday.
    Monday is the 4th day of Eid for the country's majority Shi'ites loyal to Iraq's most prominent cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
    "It (the blast) targeted innocent people who were on way to Zawra Park. Thanks God, the blast was powerful but the number of the casualties were few," said Lieutenant Colonel Sattar Jabbar, who was inspecting the scene.
    Insurgent attacks in Iraq have decreased over the past six months, but militants have targeted U.S.-backed anti-Qaeda neighbourhood patrols and police in recent weeks.
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