Eight-two killed, 229 hurt in Najaf car bomb blast
They're just bombing any kind of target now it seems. What's their plan with these kinds of attacks. Why attack the UN, why attack a shrine?
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030829/1/3dspp.htmlA car bomb killed at least 82 people and wounded 229 others outside one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines in the central Iraqi city of Najaf, medical sources told AFP.
The Najaf educational hospital reported 81 dead and 200 wounded from the bombing, said Doctor Ali Jawad, a senior resident at the medical facility.
He added that 100 of the wounded were listed in serious condition.
Another person was reported dead, as well as 29 wounded, at the city's general hospital, said Doctor Hussein al-Wan.
The bombing killed Iraq's top Shiite political leader, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim.
They're just bombing any kind of target now it seems. What's their plan with these kinds of attacks. Why attack the UN, why attack a shrine?