Suicide Blasts Kill 45 At Iraqi Market

150 Others Wounded After Two Men Blow Themselves Up In Crowd

(CBS/AP) 
A car bomb also struck a predominantly Shiite area in eastern Baghdad after the driver parked near a currency exchange office, then walked away, killing two people and wounding 10, police said.

The shop's owner said the attacker came in to ask permission to park the car and exchange some money.

"A seemingly normal person parked this car and told us that he would not be long," said the owner, who identified himself as Abu Talal. "When that person disappeared for more than 20 minutes, we tried to call the police but the car exploded."

Shop owners often insist that motorists get permission before parking their cars due to the frequent car bombings in the capital.

Insurgents have launched several bombings in the capital in recent weeks as they seek to maximize the number of people killed before U.S. and Iraqi troops launch a neighborhood-by-neighborhood sweep of the capital. Iraqi authorities have promised to crack down on Sunni insurgents as well as the Shiite militia violence that has spiraled since the Feb. 22, 2006, bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra.

In all, 42 Iraqis were killed or found dead nationwide. Among them were 20 bodies, many bearing signs of torture, apparently the latest victims of sectarian death squads.

The three professors and a student were abducted by gunmen on Sunday as they left Nahrain University's law school in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in northern Baghdad, according to the Ministry of Higher Education.

Nahrain University, formerly called Saddam University, is one of the main educational institutions in Baghdad. Its main campus is in the Jadriyah area on the southeastern banks of the Tigris, but the law school is in Kazamiyah.

Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack. Academics have been frequent victims of the rising sectarian violence, often targeted due to their relatively high public stature and vulnerability. Some professors also have been killed by students angered over poor grades or other grievances, or because of their past membership in the Baath party of Saddam Hussein.

"The continuation of the assaults on higher education and the bloodshed of its sons show again the presence of dark forces that try to stop the country's progress and try to spread hatred among the people of one country," the ministry said in a statement.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, meanwhile, offered a new endorsement of President Bush's plan to augment American forces by 21,500 to help stem the violence, but stressed that he considered it "a support to our Baghdad security plan," which would be an Iraqi-led operation.

He also said they would only ask for extra troops as a last resort. "We agree this will be assessed by those in the field, the military commanders," he told CNN.

[frankly6]

Alright who got sininrick started preaching? You can't encourage him because he won't stop.

First he talks about Jesus' love then he will justify the mass murder of innocents and the invasion of a country that posed no threat to us. After you spank him with the truth and call to his attention his blatant insanity and hipocrasy, he'll play the marter and acuse you of supporting the terrorists, hating your country and being an athiest.

Same dance different day.

[skyk-2009]

It's truly amazing that some in this nation continue to support Sir Lies-A-Lot but now it's been revealed that he AGAIN has lied to us. He isn't sending 21,000 more troops to Iraq... NOOOOOOOOOOOO! He's sending many more according to the CBO. That's right folks this "honorable born again" man has lied to all of us yet again.

[skyk-2009]

Singingrick you sir are a LIAR! PURE AND SIMPLY A LIAR! Anyone who say's Christian's do not want to kill anyone just simply knows NOTHING of history or of this conflict that's been going on for 2000 years. I, as a college student, boarded a bus for Selma Alabama. When we arrived and got off we were met by your kind, you know the born again Christian's and Sparky YOU wanted to KILL us. Not only did you say so, it showed VERY clearly in your eyes. Since then I've confronted Fundies from the Religious Reich on several ocassions, heard them PRAY for the death of Supreme Court Judges and BLAME the attack on folks like ME so people would hate me. Why? Because I refuse to agree with you and your religion. So to put it as straight forward as I can sir, YOU ARE A LIAR!

[j-whitman]

Radical Bible assumptions spread hate & fear

[j-whitman]

Singinrick,,,, Your aggraviting Trerrorism with your racical Bible assumptions.

[j-whitman]

Singinrick,, You still preaching Zionism ??

[j-whitman]

Relax folks,,,, It's just LIBERATION JUBILATION

[grazinggoat]

Some good link: Watchout some crude pictures.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2007/310107roguetroops.htm

[j-whitman]

Relax folks,,, It's Liberation Jubilation

[bluestardad]

On CSPAN General Casey Jr. just told Senator Warner of the Senate Armed Services Committee that he was not aware of any War Gaming for the New Iraqi Surge Plan! He was unaware if the plan had even been tried on Paper! This General is suppose to be the General in Charge of the Iraq War! General Casey is under consideration for the Chief of Staff of the Army and he is not aware if the Iraq Surge Plan we are debating had ever been War Gamed to determine plausibility, probability of Success, or any type of Course of Action Analysis has been done to determine a possible acceptable outcome! He should be drummed from the service as this is total dereliction of Duty. To Send 21,000 more troops to a war where the plan had never been analyzed for success to his knowledge is Criminal Negligence! Who would send a soldier in to war plan without ever War Gaming the Scenario first?