44 Killed in Baghdad Bombings
The left panel in the clickable graphic below shows the scene of the today’s bombing in Sadr city.
Most people in Sadr city are poor. Most cook using parafin (kerosene) stoves. If you have ever seen the queues for parafin in Sadr city you know that they consist almost entirely of women and children. Women and children were the targets for this bombing. Tallying the various reports I get a total of 35 confirmed killed and 38 confirmed seriously wounded in this attack.
The child in the second panel is eight year old Abbas Abid, he was wounded by a mortar attack on the apartment block in which he lives this morning.
Also in Baghdad a second bombing this time a motorbike bombing took place targetting a restauruant. That attack killed at least nine and injured eight others three of whom are not expected to survive.
A group of eight people were shot as they put up posters near the Othman mosque in Neayriya. The mosque was later shelled with mortars.
Du
Indexed under: Baghdad, Baghdad Hospitals, Bombings, Children, Imam Ali Hospital, Women and Children
hi Siun,
please alert Jane and Redd to that 1-800-AMNESTY item. They should put it up on a post.
So hey, how come your blog is called “Gorilla’s Guides”?
He’s been called “gorilla” by his friends ever since he was a very small child because of his fascination with gorillas marclord.
du
Marclord - Gorilla’s is my “home blog” so that folks find their way here and read all the good work that the folks here produce.
Dubhaltach, Markfromireland, Erdla and friends keep me mindful of what really matters … glad you found your way here too!
Du - Marclord is a kindred spirit who was chatting with me at FDL - we’re trying to get a push to block the torture legislation this week, hence the mention of the Amnesty phone number.
late but needed action and a lot of folks are joining in - and any american readers here can pick up the postcard or letter image we’re using from the agonist site and send it to their senators on Monday so maybe they will think before they vote this week:
http://agonist.org/sean_paul_kelley/20060923/dear_senator
His habit of scarfling massive quantities of bananas at every available opportunity has nothing to do with it of course, and neither does his preferred method of locomotion of swinging casually through the trees.
:-)
Link given in Siun’s comment above
I’ve left a note for Du about your comment Siun he’ll see it when he gets back.
If you check the time of his comment you’ll see that like any junior gorilla that’s only just barely turned silverback and who’s expecting the arrival of a new gorillalet he has to get up very early in the morning every morning for months ahead of the happy event if he wants to get a decent collection of prime quality leaves for the new nest.
:-)
Declan - thank you and it is good to see you again.
And the new baby news from that sweet young couple has had me smiling for days … but they better rest up - a child of those two will be quite something!
hey guys this is a dynamite site, thanks for answering my ignorance and thanks siun for pointing me here (and fully explaining my ignorance).
You guys are now on The List, my blog list, that is. I’ll be coming here to keep up to date on what’s going on in Lebanon, which just, ohhh, won the biggest victory since Agincourt.