Breaking News: Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 43 People!

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Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 43 !

Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 43

Two bombs in busy Baghdad markets have killed at least 43 people, in the deadliest bombings in the capital for several months.
The first blast struck at around 1020 local time (0720GMT) in a popular animal market.

The bomb, which was hidden in a box of birds, exploded during a busy time for the market, also injuring 75 people.

A second blast 20 minutes later tore through another crowded market in the southeast of the capital.

Correspondents say the fragile sense of normality in the capital that has followed significant improvements in security could be shattered by such deadly bombings.

The fall in violence is largely attributed to a US troop surge in the Baghdad in the second half of 2007.

Also contributing to a new sense of security was a ceasefire announced in August by the Mehdi Army militia of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr and the emergence of local Sunni militia armed by the US military that took on al-Qaeda in Iraq.


Story from BBC NEWS:
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 43

Published: 2008/02/01 09:23:52 GMT

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[EagleEyes]

MSNBC says, that the actual figure is 51 people dead.

 

[KENT]

In all masscare causing by the Bombing, only ordinary and innocent civlians of Iraq are suffering, since one and only guilty of Iraqi people is that they have world's Biggest Oil Reserves and hence they are paying the price for it.

 

[su-47]

Iraq has become a deathtrap. Its no longer a freedom fight against americans, but sunnis and shias blowing each other to particles and the americans getting in between. saddam was cruel dictator, but the guy knew his business. he kept the country running, despite heavy sanctions. the moment the americans overthrew him they plunged the country into civil war. now they cant pull out, they cant reconstruct, they cant even gain support of iraqis! all they can do is die.

 

[JK!]

Death toll has gone up to 64 last I saw on BBC.

Was it sunni vs shia or shia vs sunni violence?

 

[mujahideen]

The death toll is in the high 6os, expected to rise. Let us all pray for the stability of Iraq and all Muslim countries. We must go after these elements and destroy those who wish to destroy to image of Islam.