Suicide truck bomber kills 15 near Baghdad college

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A suicide truck bomber killed 15 people and wounded 30 near a Baghdad college on Tuesday, police said.

Police said the truck exploded in a parking lot next to the College of Economic Sciences, a private university in western Baghdad's residential Iskan district. It destroyed one house and severely damaged others.

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Suicide truck bomb kills 9 in Baghdad



BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide truck bomber struck a parking lot near a college in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding 19, police and hospital officials said.

The attack occurred about 9:50 a.m. at the College of Economic Sciences as students were arriving for class at the campus in the Iskan neighborhood in western Baghdad.

The neighborhood is largely Shiite, but the students are religiously mixed, including Shiites, Sunnis and some Christians.

Police said they also discovered a booby-trapped ambulance about 500 yards away and they were trying to defuse it.

link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_violence

Pres. Bush is the bad guy. Isn't it a worthy cause to try and protect people from this level of violence?

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Were the Iraqis setting off truck bombs on a daily basis before the "coalition of the willing" arrived? :shrug: I guess we just need to wait for the surge. :eyes:

He's a dumbass with the conscience of an eight year old bully. Now Cheney, he is a bad guy. not for nothing is he called President of Vice.

Welcome to DU.

"if you don't like this country then get out." I thought asking provocative questions and engaging in discussion is what this forum is about.

The level of lawless over there is crazy. When we pull out, I wouldn't be surprised if we see some extremely ruthless tactics, reminiscent of Saddam, used to restore order.

ps--thanks to those who posted welcome messages

Bush is the bad guy that enabled the other bad guys to do their thing.

The real question to me is whether to ones bombing the markets and schools are killing Shia as part of a civil war, in which case they are unlikely to stop if we leave. Or are they bombing civilians to make us look bad as a part of a "resistance" strategy, in which case the slaughter would logically end after we withdraw.