Five blasts reported in Baghdad suicide bomb spate

Jul 15, 2005 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five suicide car bombs blew up in different locations across Baghdad within hours of each other, including two attacks on Iraqi military patrols that police sources said killed six people and wounded more than 20.

Eyewitnesses said at least one of the bombers struck a U.S. convoy, although there were no immediate reports of American troops among the casualties.

Firefighters tried to douse the flames near one blast site targeting Iraqi troops in the north of the city, where several cars were destroyed and bloodsoaked survivors argued with police.


A column of smoke rises into the air after a car bomb attack on an Iraqi army convoy wounded five soldiers and three civilians in Baghdad July 15, 2005. Suicide car bombers blew themselves up in a series of attacks within hours across the Iraqi capital on July 15, and U.S. forces said 20 Iraqis were killed. The U.S. military reported seven blasts in Baghdad, at least three of which were suicide car bombs. Reuters journalists saw the aftermath of five big explosions, all of which Iraqi police sources said were suicide car bombs. Photo by Namir Noor-Eldeen/Reuters

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U.S.: Rebels Suffered Sharp Blow In Baghdad

Jul 8, 2005 10:50 am US/Eastern
BAGHDAD (AP) U.S. and Iraqi forces have �mostly eliminated� the ability of insurgents to conduct sustained, high-intensity attacks in Baghdad, the top U.S. commander in the Iraqi capital said Friday.

Maj. Gen. William G. Webster Jr. said in a video-teleconference interview from Baghdad with reporters at the Pentagon that offensive operations by U.S. and Iraqi troops in recent weeks had sharply reduced the number of insurgent bombings. But he cautioned that it was too early to conclude that the insurgency has been broken.

What was that General, "sharply reduced the number of bombing"? Just leave your foot in your mouth!

Semper Fi