Death toll rises in Baghdad bombing

As we prepare to leave Iraq the intensity of jihad attacks will increase. I said this last year and now it passes without notice. The more things change the more they remain the same.

From Taiwan News October 29

Death toll in Baghdad's twin bombings rises to 32

Iraqi police and health officials say the death toll of a twin bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad has risen to 32.

The two blasts, which took place Thursday evening at a music store, wounded 71 other people, the officials said. A second bomb exploded minutes after the first, targeting rescue workers and onlookers.

Violence in Iraq is increasing with the approach of the end of the year deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw.

The officials said Friday that some of the more seriously wounded died overnight. Wounded were taken to numerous hospitals, they said, and it took time to get an accurate death toll.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.

Two police officials said the first explosion, at a music store shortly after 7 p.m., killed two people. The second bomb struck four minutes later, as rescue workers and others rushed to the scene, the officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Thirty-six people were wounded in the attack, according to a medic at Imam Hussein hospital.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.

Many Iraqis fear violence will increase when the U.S. troops leave the country, and insurgents have for months sought to exploit continued instability and security gaps that Iraqi forces have been unable to close.

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