Iraq: Wedding bomb toll climbs to 23

Posted by Robert on November 1, 2006 8:01 AM

Wedding Jihad in Iraq. 19 infants killed -- what a glorious victory for the mujahedin! "Wedding bomb toll climbs to 23," from [1] AAP, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:

THE death toll from a car bomb attack on an Iraqi wedding party has climbed to 23, including 19 children aged under 10, the manager of the hospital that received the bodies said today.

A car bomb exploded early today outside a family home hosting a wedding reception in the north Baghdad district of Ur, just as the bridegroom's party was arriving in a convoy of cars.

Qasim Modalal, director of the Imam Ali hospital, told AFP that 23 people were killed in the blast - including 19 infants - and that another 19 were wounded, many of them seriously.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/11/iraq-wedding-bomb-toll-climbs-to-23.html

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