THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE IN BAGHDAD: 18 DIE FROM CAR BOMB

US military: At least 18 die in Baghdad car bomb

The Associated Press
Saturday, December 27, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/27/news/ML-Iraq.php

BAGHDAD: The U.S. military says a bomb killed at least 18 people and wounded 25 in a busy Baghdad square.

Initial Iraqi police reports of the blast Saturday at al-Zahra square in the northern Baghdad Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah, said it was a mortar round. But three Iraqi police officers later said it was a parked car bomb, apparently targeting a taxi stand.

U.S. Army Capt. Charles Calios says initial military reports indicate it was a car bomb.