Tuesday, January 8, 2008

TWIN BOMBINGS IN BAGHAD. VIOLENCE ESCALATES

There is increased concern that violence is escalating in Iraq. Although the media in the United States is not reporting, twin bombs were set off in Baghdad Monday killing 14 and injuring scores of others. Also not reported by the mainstream media in the United States is the death of two U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Sunday. Meanwhile, there has been little or no progress with the Iraqi government and most of Iraq is still suffering from lack of electricity and water. Posted Tuesday, January 7 at 5 AM CST by Bill Corcoran, blog host.


Twin suicide bomb kills 14, including Baghdad anti-Qaida leader

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/08/content_7381383.htm

Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Up to 14 people were killed, including an anti-Qaida leader, in a twin suicide bombing in a northern Baghdad neighborhood on Monday, raising fears of a return to violence after a period of a relative lull in the past months.
One suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives at the entrance of the office of the Sunni Endowment, a government agency that looks after Sunni mosques and shrines, at about 11a.m. (0800 GMT) in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Adhamiyah, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

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