en.aswataliraq.info - 1/4/2009
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Baghdad’s explosion casualties up to 114 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Casualties from the suicide bombing that ripped through an Iraqi checkpoint in Baghdad’s al-Kadhemiya area earlier today have reached 114, according to Baghdad’s Operation Command (BOC).“The final toll from Kadhemiya’s blast is 35 ...
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Baghdad area rocked by second large suicide attack in three days
The Long War Journal —
... The suicide attack killed 35 civilians and wounded 79 more, according to a spokesman at the Baghdad Operation Command. "Most of the casualties are Iranians," Voices of Iraq reported. ...
Gaza Update: Some Things Are Not What They Seem
Firedoglake —
... Today, in this video, no matter when it was shot or the bombing it records, we see that moment, we hear that moment and perhaps we begin to understand a bit more.
Each day, as we hear the news of another bomb in Iraq, another destroyed wedding party in Afghanistan, another day of the Israeli war on Gaza, each day, let us remember that this is what it looks like, this is what it sounds like and it is our weapons, our funding, our government’s support which so often makes this possible.
Thank you to markfromireland for his help ...
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