BAGHDAD, Nov. 28, 2007
Female Suicide Bomber Wounds 7 U.S. Troops
5 Iraqi Civilians Also Hurt In Attack Northeast Of Baghdad
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A U.S. soldier from the 3rd Brigade combat team of 101st Airborne Division casts a shadow onto the road as he directs a Humvee vehicle about 12 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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More Iraqi refugees, heartened by reports of the lull in violence in Baghdad, were beginning to return and on Wednesday a convoy of more than 800 people was expected in the Iraqi capital after an overnight bus ride from Damascus, Syria.
Khaled Ibrahim, 45, from central Baghdad, said Tuesday he was so homesick after having been away for a year that he wanted to give it a try after hearing things in Iraq have improved.
"If I go and discover that the situation is not stable I will come back" to Syria, said Ibrahim, with his wife, three sons and two daughters in tow.
But tensions - and security concerns - remained in Baghdad. American troops fired on a minibus carrying bank employees on their way to work Tuesday after the vehicle tried to go through a roadblock, killing at least two people on board.
And on Wednesday, Iraqi lawmakers briefly boycotted the start of a legislative session, demanding that U.S. forces ease checkpoint searches as they try to enter the fortified Green Zone, where the parliament building is located.
Firyad Rawndouzi, spokesman for the Kurdish bloc, said the boycott came in response to "the insulting behavior of the American soldiers toward parliament members" as they tried to reach the building.
The U.S. military says attacks across Iraq have fallen to their lowest level since February 2006, attributing this partly to a buildup of nearly 30,000 troops earlier this year.
A statement said the Diyala attack happened Tuesday near the provincial capital Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, when the woman detonated her explosives belt.
Attacks by women in Iraq are believed to be rare but not unprecedented.
In April 2006, one of four suicide bombers who attacked a Shiite mosque in Baghdad was wearing a woman's abaya veil, U.S. officials said. And in November 2005, a 38-year-old Belgian convert to Islam blew herself up trying to attack U.S. troops, but she was the only one killed, U.S. officials said.
With the lull in violence in Baghdad, American and Iraqi forces conducted sweeps against al Qaeda outside the capital, the U.S. military said Wednesday, detaining suspects in Tikrit and Kirkuk as well as the Iraqi capital.
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Posted by noseonurface
LOL!!! That was a good one!!!
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True enough, even when you''re trying to keep them from coming down on the side of their own worst enemy. Its kinda like telling the chicken not to cross the road......they just really don''t get it....
When the Mullahs are in control, you libbers won''t be able to stroll in the park with your sweaters tied around your necks chatting about all the same sxx partners you''re jealous of.
To them, all who do not bow to their will of thinking should be killed, enslaved, or subjugated.
Ypu do realize, of course, that if you quote anyone named Conrad the first thing most Americans are going to assume is that you meant to quote Robert Conrad from "The Wild Wild West" or William Conrad from "Cannon", don''t you?
Regards,
Posted by Nancy_Naive at 03:20 PM : Nov 28, 2007
Bravo and well said.
This woman died for her country at a time when wimpy U.S. diplomats are refusing duty in Iraq. I wonder how Condi is making out on that front?
- by jetranger7 November 28, 2007 3:52 PM EST
- Time to pull everybody out, send em''home, and just NUKE that entire Chit Country, the Well with it ! so to speak ! save everybody a lot of grief and us a lot of money, staying over there is worthless ! Its become an occupation, and no longer a war. Use Iraq as Target practice !
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