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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Twin blasts murder 9 in Iraq

The first goes off, and the rescue workers and police rush in to help. Minutes later the second bomb goes off, assuring maximum carnage among the gathered samaritans. 

This is Islam.


From the Denver Post August 3 by Rebecca Santana

Back-to-back bombs kill 9 people in western Iraq

BAGHDAD—Two bombs targeting police exploded in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 13, Iraqi officials said.



The bombs exploded in central Ramadi, with the second one going off just steps away from the first after police and other people gathered on the scene. Staggering the blasts is a common tactic by insurgents who hope to lure in rescuers and onlookers with the first blast to maximize the carnage with the second explosion.

Jasim al-Halbusi, head of the Anbar provincial council, said the blasts went off about 6 p.m. He said one of the dead was a policeman and three of the injured were police officers.

The deputy governor of Anbar province, Hikmat Jasim Zaidan, said nine people were killed.

"A bomb exploded first and when the police and people gathered, a sticky bomb attached to a tractor exploded near the scene," he said. "The enemies of Iraq, al-Qaida and others armed groups, are behind these explosions."

Are you sure it wasn't those pesky Mennonites?

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