Posted on 11/06/2004 12:19:17 AM PST by yonif
SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded north of Baghdad Saturday, killing eight people and wounding at least 20, police at the scene said. They said the blasts in the city of Samarra, 62 miles north of the Iraqi capital, targeted the town hall and a nearby joint Iraqi police and National Guard checkpoint.
"I saw a dead National Guard burning on the ground," said one witness. "I saw people carrying away another corpse."
Most of the those killed in the blast, which took place at 9 a.m. (0600 GMT), appeared to be Iraqi civilians, police said.
Insurgents bent on undermining Iraq's U.S.-backed interim government frequently attack the country's state institutions and fledgling security forces.
From Haaretz:
Iraqi health officials say death toll from Samarra car bombings has surpassed 20
It's not only infidels who should be killed, according to these terrorist mass- murderers, but also innocent civilians sacrificed in the altar of radical Islam.
Another War Crime. The silence from the international community is deafening.
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