Via the bicycle jihad: “Iraq suicide cyclist kills 28 in Baghdad,” from AFP, March 8:
BAGHDAD (AFP) “” A suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up killing at least 28 people and wounding 58 more outside a police academy in the Iraqi capital on Sunday in the bloodiest attack in weeks, officials said.
The bomber activated his explosive vest as he ploughed into the crowd on busy Palestine Street in central Baghdad, an interior ministry official told AFP.[…]
The latest attacks come at a critical time for the new government which has seen the death tolls drop dramatically in Iraq since late 2007. The improved security has brought a fragile stability that helped US President Barack Obama announce an end to combat operations in Iraq within 18 months…