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Los Angeles Times
November 10, 2006
Bombings, mortar fire and targeted slayings continue. A political party calls for a halt to sectarian violence.
By Borzou Daragahi, Times Staff Writer
BAGHDAD — Bombs and gunfire rattled the Iraqi capital Thursday as ongoing sectarian warfare across the nation resulted in the deaths of at least 50 Iraqis.
The bodies of at least 26 unidentified men, all with multiple gunshot wounds and some bearing signs of torture, were discovered in and around Baghdad, a police official said.
Throughout the day, the thud of explosions shook all corners of the city.
A suicide car bomb near the Imam Ali mosque on Baghdad's western outskirts killed five civilians and injured six. Bombs that exploded at a marketplace and near a passing army patrol in north Baghdad killed four people and injured 16.
A bomb exploded near a set of shops in the eastern part of the city, killing at least five and injuring 25. Car bombs outside a secondhand clothing store and near the Academy of Fine Arts in central Baghdad killed four and injured 31.
A roadside bomb targeting a passing U.S. convoy in south Baghdad knocked a Humvee off a bridge, a police official said. The U.S. military in Baghdad, reached Thursday night, did not confirm or deny the account.
Gunmen killed a ranking Iraqi police officer in east Baghdad and a suspected loyalist to former President Saddam Hussein near downtown.
Exchanges of mortar fire between neighboring Shiite and Sunni districts in north Baghdad killed at least one and injured 30 in a battle that has lasted days and caused dozens of casualties.
The open fighting between neighborhoods, dismissed by the Iraqi government as insurgent attacks, prompted one political party to demand a halt.
"All powers, movements and national Iraqi parties are called to act in order to stop this bloodshed, which will take us toward dire ramifications and catastrophe," said a statement released by the parliamentary bloc led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
Violence also continued in southern Iraq. Gunmen killed a barber who used to work at the now-evacuated British army base in Amara. A previous attempt on his life left him hospitalized for weeks.
In Basra, gunmen killed a school principal and police discovered the body of an electricity department employee who had been kidnapped the previous night.
Special correspondents in Amara, Baghdad and Basra contributed to this report.
November 10, 2006
Bombings, mortar fire and targeted slayings continue. A political party calls for a halt to sectarian violence.
By Borzou Daragahi, Times Staff Writer
BAGHDAD — Bombs and gunfire rattled the Iraqi capital Thursday as ongoing sectarian warfare across the nation resulted in the deaths of at least 50 Iraqis.
The bodies of at least 26 unidentified men, all with multiple gunshot wounds and some bearing signs of torture, were discovered in and around Baghdad, a police official said.
Throughout the day, the thud of explosions shook all corners of the city.
A suicide car bomb near the Imam Ali mosque on Baghdad's western outskirts killed five civilians and injured six. Bombs that exploded at a marketplace and near a passing army patrol in north Baghdad killed four people and injured 16.
A bomb exploded near a set of shops in the eastern part of the city, killing at least five and injuring 25. Car bombs outside a secondhand clothing store and near the Academy of Fine Arts in central Baghdad killed four and injured 31.
A roadside bomb targeting a passing U.S. convoy in south Baghdad knocked a Humvee off a bridge, a police official said. The U.S. military in Baghdad, reached Thursday night, did not confirm or deny the account.
Gunmen killed a ranking Iraqi police officer in east Baghdad and a suspected loyalist to former President Saddam Hussein near downtown.
Exchanges of mortar fire between neighboring Shiite and Sunni districts in north Baghdad killed at least one and injured 30 in a battle that has lasted days and caused dozens of casualties.
The open fighting between neighborhoods, dismissed by the Iraqi government as insurgent attacks, prompted one political party to demand a halt.
"All powers, movements and national Iraqi parties are called to act in order to stop this bloodshed, which will take us toward dire ramifications and catastrophe," said a statement released by the parliamentary bloc led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
Violence also continued in southern Iraq. Gunmen killed a barber who used to work at the now-evacuated British army base in Amara. A previous attempt on his life left him hospitalized for weeks.
In Basra, gunmen killed a school principal and police discovered the body of an electricity department employee who had been kidnapped the previous night.
Special correspondents in Amara, Baghdad and Basra contributed to this report.