Iraqi Insurgents Kill 160 in Baghdad

(Washington Post) Ellen Knickmeyer and Naseer Nouri - Insurgents struck the Iraqi capital Wednesday with at least a dozen attacks that targeted Shiite Muslim civilians, Iraqi security forces, and American troops, killing more than 160 people in the deadliest day of violence in Baghdad since the U.S. invasion. U.S. military officials said the attacks bore the hallmarks of al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by Abu Musab Zarqawi.


2005-09-15 00:00:00

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