Sunday, July 17, 2005
Bombing in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 80 people have been killed and more than 180 injured in a fresh wave of suicide bombings in Iraq, including a fuel tanker attack south of Baghdad.
The death toll from the suicide bombing near a parked fuel tanker in the center of Musayyib, about 45 miles south of Baghdad, has risen to at least 71, authorities said Sunday.
The Saturday bombing also wounded some 160 people, police said. It was the latest in a bloody trail of attacks in recent days.
President Jalal Talabani sent a letter of condolence to the Iraqi people and the families of those who died in the bombing, according to a statement issued by his office.
The death toll from the suicide bombing near a parked fuel tanker in the center of Musayyib, about 45 miles south of Baghdad, has risen to at least 71, authorities said Sunday.
The Saturday bombing also wounded some 160 people, police said. It was the latest in a bloody trail of attacks in recent days.
President Jalal Talabani sent a letter of condolence to the Iraqi people and the families of those who died in the bombing, according to a statement issued by his office.
