Tuesday, February 20, 2007

More Acts of Terrorism

Double Car Bombing in Baghdad
"A double car bombing in a mainly Shia district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 60 people and injured more than 130...
The two blasts tore through a busy open-air market in the New Baghdad area in quick succession, witnesses said...
Large plumes of smoke rose above the city...
They came a day after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Baghdad and said the [recent] security operation had begun well..."


Train Blast in India
"India and Pakistan have condemned a train bombing that killed at least 66 people as an act of terrorism aimed at disrupting their peace process.
The train, running from Delhi to Lahore in Pakistan, was hit by two blasts at about midnight...
The ensuing fire swept through two carriages of the 'Friendship Express'...
Many train windows in India have bars on them for security reasons...
'We couldn't save anyone. They were screaming inside, but no-one could get out' Rajinder Prasad, [a] rescuer...
The reaction from both governments suggests the prime suspects might be groups such as Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad - the main Islamic militant groups who have been blamed for many high-profile bombings, says the BBC's Jill McGivering."

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