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A car is extinguished as a man looks at a crater in central Baghdad following a car bomb. Iraq's new government was sworn in with Sunni Muslim tribal leader Ghazi al-Yawar as president, but there were no celebrations as a bloody wave of explosions killed at least three people in the capital.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)

An Iraqi man recovers human body parts at the scene after a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 1, 2004 outside the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan near the green zone headquarters of the U.S.-run coalition (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

An Iraqi man recovers human body parts at the scene after a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday , June 1, 2004 outside the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan near the green zone headquarters of the U.S.-run coalition (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqis in a Baghdad cafe watch a television as UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announces the appointment of the country's president of the interim government June 1, 2004. The Iraqi Governing Council was dissolved Tuesday after the appointment of an interim government that will take over at the end of June, a member of the outgoing body said. 'The Governing Council dissolved itself today. It no longer exists,' Mahmoud Othman, who has been appointed a minister of state in the new line-up, told Reuters. Photo by Akram Saleh/Re

1 posted on 06/01/2004 6:16:27 AM PDT by TexKat
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To: TexKat

I hope these bombings strengthen the resolve of the Iraqis.
Waiting to read some blogs about this.


2 posted on 06/01/2004 6:23:22 AM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
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