Posted on 04/14/2007 12:14:56 AM PDT by HAL9000
AFP via translation -
ALARM - Iraq: 40 died in a car bomb attack in Kerbala
KARBALA (Iraq) - At least 40 people were killed and from wounded tens during the explosion Saturday of a booby-trapped car close to the principal mausoleum of the Holy City Shiite of Kerbala (110 km in the south of Baghdad), one learned from medical source.
Iraq: 40 died in a car bomb attack in Kerbala
KERBALA (Iraq) - At least 40 people were killed and from wounded tens during the explosion Saturday of a booby-trapped car close to the principal mausoleum of the Holy City Shiite of Kerbala (110 km in the south of Baghdad), one learned from medical source.
Women and children appear among the victims, according to the same source.
The explosion occurred with 09H15 (05H15 GMT) close to a station of bus to some 200 meters of the mausoleum of the Imam Hussein, one of the most venerated Imams Shiism, killed into 680 by the dynasty sunnite of Omeyyades.
Many shops and gravers surround the station of bus.
SUICIDE CAR BOMBING IN IRAQ'S KERBALA KILLS 37, WOUNDS 48 - POLICE
CAR BOMB ON SOUTHERN BAGHDAD BRIDGE KILLS 8, WOUNDS 11-POLICE
I checked Reuters (God forgive me) and it says:
Bomb on Baghdad bridge kills 1, wounds 3-police
When your prime goal is to depress the masses with horror stories of quagmire you really have no time, or tolerance, for accurate reporting. Just make up a number and run with it. Those who want to believe things are as bad as you want them to believe things are will take it hook, line and sinker. The rest aren’t paying any attention anyway.
It’s a winning approach and they’ve honed it to a fine art.
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