Yet more terrorist attacks

[Darat]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4690257.stm

The new attacks came as chilling details emerged of Saturday's suicide bomb in Musayyib, south of Baghdad, which killed 71 people and injured 156.

Reports say parents threw children out of burning houses to save them.

The bomber blew himself up near a mosque in the town, which is ethnically mixed but predominantly Shia.

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The blast caused a nearby fuel tanker to explode, causing a huge explosion and fireball which engulfed people, vehicles and buildings.

The streets were filled with cars and pedestrians, people coming out as the intense heat of the day subsided.

The town centre has been devastated.

It was the worst single attack in months, capping a week of violence in which more than 100 were killed in 16 suicide attacks in Baghdad - 10 such attacks on Friday alone.

Also from the link a summary of the recent terrorist attacks:

MAJOR RECENT ATTACKS

15 July: Suicide bombs kill 16
13 July: Bomb kills 26 children
10 July: 20 army recruits killed
26 June: 35 die in Mosul attack
25 June: Suicide attacks kill 23
20 June: Several attacks, 31 dead
2 June: Multiple bombs kill 24
30 May: 27 dead in Hilla
11 May: 70 dead in Tikrit, Hawija
4 May: Irbil bombing kills 60

Reading about most of these attacks it is apparent that the people being targeted are Iraqis not the coalition forces.

 

[Skeptic]

The bomber blew himself up near a mosque in the town, which is ethnically mixed but predominantly Shia.

Let's see if any of the usual suspects get all teary-eyed and outraged about the way blowing up next to a Mosque might have desecrated copies of the Koran.

I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Jon_in_london]

Reading about most of these attacks it is apparent that the people being targeted are Iraqis not the coalition forces.

Well done Darat, but this is hardly news.... and by the way, the cold war is over...... and we won!

 

[Bikewer]

It's easy to forget that we normally get reports on the most outrageous attacks as well. Last I heard, attacks across the country are back up to 60-70 per week, levels that are equivalent to the highest numbers of attacks since the invasion.

It appears that there is an inexhaustible supply of suicide bombers, which are of course the most dangerous. One military commander referred to them as "human smart bombs".

This is in line with the thinking of a number of pundits who are pointing out that the mere presence of our troops in the area fuels the conflict.