IRAQ: Bomb in a Baghdad's cafe kills two, wounds 15

Record ID: 356764

  • Title: IRAQ: Bomb in a Baghdad's cafe kills two, wounds 15
  • Date: 30th July 2009
  • Summary: KASRA DISTRICT, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JULY 29, 2009) (REUTERS) DAMAGED CAFE AT THE BACKGROUND SCATTERED CHAIRS IN FRONT OF CAFE OVERTURNED SEATS / BROKEN WINDOW DAMAGED CAR AND OVERTURNED BENCHES NEARBY OVERTURNED TABLES AND DAMAGED CARS AT BACKGROUND OVERTURNED BENCHES OF CAFE VARIOUS OF DAMAGED FURNITURE OF CAFE BROKEN WINDOW OF CAFE / DAMAGED CAFE ON BACKGROUND VARIOU
  • Embargoed: 14th August 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAA0IQFWMHYS8Q0BIJU394BX4R9
  • Story Text: A bomb planted in a popular cafe in a Shi'ite district in central Baghdad on Tuesday (July 28) night killed two people and wounded 15 others police said.
    The attack took place in al-Kasra district near the mainly Sunni district of Adhamiya.
    The blast occurred at the end of the first day of visit to the Iraqi capital by U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates, who has met Iraqi leaders and U.S. troops.
    He praised Iraqi forces as they take control from the U.S. military, pledging U.S. support to help Iraq end the political feuds that threaten its fragile security.
    Iraq in mid-2009 is a far cry from the dark days of 2006-07, when hundreds of people a day were killed in massive suicide bombs and sectarian executions were routine. But insurgents are active in ethnically mixed areas in northern and central Iraq.
    U.S. combat troops withdrew from Iraqi urban centres last month, raising fears that Iraq's security forces may not be able to cope alone.
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