Three car bombs attack Baghdad!

[Vidboy10]

hree car bombs have hit the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in quick succession, killing at least 30 people. The attacks, which injured more than 200 others, appear to have been aimed at foreign embassies. The bombings shatter a period of relative calm after last month's parliamentary elections. No-one has said they organised the attacks. The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says the insurgents want to send a message that Iraq remains very unstable and unsafe. On Saturday, gunmen killed 25 people believed to be linked to Sunni militias opposing al-Qaeda in a village south of Baghdad. Gunshots Sunday's explosions went off within a few minutes of each other, shaking the whole of central Baghdad and sending plumes of smoke into the sky."I saw children screaming while their mothers held their hands or clutched them to their chest," one man told the Associated Press news agency. "Cars were crashing into each other in streets, trying to find a way to flee." One bomb struck very near the Iranian embassy, shattering windows throughout the area. The Egyptian, Syrian and German missions, in the Mansour district, were also affected. Another bomb struck near the offices of a leading pro-Iranian political figure, Ahmed Chalabi. Gunshots were heard as emergency services rushed to the scene. A spokesman for the political group headed by Mr Chalabi, the Iraqi National Congress, said that its headquarters close to the Syrian embassy had been targeted by a suicide car bomber, and that many of its guards and employees were among the casualties. casualties. The authorities in Baghdad say security forces shot and killed a man before he could detonate a fourth car bomb near the former Germany embassy, which is now a bank. A number of Iraqi guards working for foreign missions were among those killed. Egypt said several of its staff were wounded by shrapnel. Spain said its embassy and the adjacent German mission were also damaged. Our correspondent says Sunday's attacks bore all the hallmarks of earlier bombings, for which the Islamic State in Iraq - the umbrella group for militant Sunni Islamist insurgents - took responsibility. But the same organisation vowed to disrupt the general elections in March, which went ahead undeterred. This was also the first wave of co-ordinated attacks in Baghdad for more than two months, and the magnitude of each explosion was considerably less than the massive bombs that struck government targets last year, our correspondent says. Those attacks - last August, October and December - killed hundreds of people.

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[DeltaBurnt]

I lol'd at the missiles.

You think that all of the military equipment we have there wouldn't detect that? Plus atleast 1 people would hear/see a missile. Missiles aren't exactly the quietest things in the world.

 

[zuron7]

I'm scared man. WW3.

WW3 is going to be held on the Internet

and where is BAghad.

 

[ProtoKun7]

I'm scared man. WW3.

WW3 is going to be held on the Internet

Some of the climactic battles include GBAtemp fighting the forces of GameFAQs, of course.

 

[Vidboy10]

Updated the first post.
False alarm everyone!
It was just car bombings. Bad news is that it killed 30 people.

 

[Brian117]

Why the hell would it be bad news Vidboy? If it killed our people, sure, bad news, but if it killed their people, why say bad?

 

[injected11]

Why the hell would it be bad news Vidboy? If it killed our people, sure, bad news, but if it killed their people, why say bad?

Why would killing civilians from ANYWHERE be okay? You're making yourself sound like a racist.

 

[_Chaz_]

Car bombings aren't exactly seldom... It really sucks that they killed so many people though.

Why the hell would it be bad news Vidboy? If it killed our people, sure, bad news, but if it killed their people, why say bad?

What the fuck is wrong with you?

 

[ProtoKun7]

Why the hell would it be bad news Vidboy? If it killed our people, sure, bad news, but if it killed their people, why say bad?

Obvious troll?

 

[Slyakin]

Why the hell would it be bad news Vidboy? If it killed our people, sure, bad news, but if it killed their people, why say bad?

Fuck you asshole. Innocent people are dying, and you don't think that's bad news? Even if you say you were joking, that's still a really dick thing to say.

 

[KevInChester]

Why the hell would it be bad news Vidboy? If it killed our people, sure, bad news, but if it killed their people, why say bad?

Troll or just stupid?

 

[Brian117]

So you guys flame me for something that's like a natural habit over there on that side of the world?

Smart.

 

[Canonbeat234]

So you guys flame me for something that's like a natural habit over there on that side of the world?

Smart.

Good comeback, plus this is nothing different from a few days ago about Israel attacking back at their enemies. Same shit different place...

 

[DeltaBurnt]

Updated the first post.
False alarm everyone!
It was just car bombings. Bad news is that it killed 30 people.

Like I said in my first post, the explosions obviously weren't caused by missiles.

QUOTE(Brian117 @ Apr 4 2010, 02:59 PM) So you guys flame me for something that's like a natural habit over there on that side of the world?

Smart.

Haha, you seem to have let the acts of the extremists cloud your mind on what people think and do in the Middle East.

Ignorance, the American dream

 

[KevInChester]

I've known a lot of people from that part of the world, and guess what? All of them were lovely people.

Several who were from Iraq, a girl from Jordan, and a Palestinian - all at my Swedish class (immigrants have to learn the language). Couldn't have wished for nicer people. Don't allow the actions of the idiotic few to cloud the issues.

 

[Hyperlisk_]

So you guys flame me for something that's like a natural habit over there on that side of the world?

Smart.

Think of it like this: You make Americans look about as good as the extremists make the Middle-East look.

 

[Brian117]

So you guys flame me for something that's like a natural habit over there on that side of the world?

Smart.

Think of it like this: You make Americans look about as good as the extremists make the Middle-East look.

Kinky dude. Does it look like I care what you guys say to me? You could go on for 4 more pages flaming me, I wouldn't care at all. It's the internet.

 

[DeltaBurnt]

So you guys flame me for something that's like a natural habit over there on that side of the world?

Smart.

Think of it like this: You make Americans look about as good as the extremists make the Middle-East look.

Kinky dude. Does it look like I care what you guys say to me? You could go on for 4 more pages flaming me, I wouldn't care at all. It's the internet.

Yah because the internet is a safe haven where none of anyone's actions matter in the least bit.

/offtopic

 

[MissingNo._]

hree car bombs have hit the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in quick succession, killing at least 30 people. The attacks, which injured more than 200 others, appear to have been aimed at foreign embassies. The bombings shatter a period of relative calm after last month's parliamentary elections. No-one has said they organised the attacks. The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says the insurgents want to send a message that Iraq remains very unstable and unsafe. On Saturday, gunmen killed 25 people believed to be linked to Sunni militias opposing al-Qaeda in a village south of Baghdad. Gunshots Sunday's explosions went off within a few minutes of each other, shaking the whole of central Baghdad and sending plumes of smoke into the sky."I saw children screaming while their mothers held their hands or clutched them to their chest," one man told the Associated Press news agency. "Cars were crashing into each other in streets, trying to find a way to flee." One bomb struck very near the Iranian embassy, shattering windows throughout the area. The Egyptian, Syrian and German missions, in the Mansour district, were also affected. Another bomb struck near the offices of a leading pro-Iranian political figure, Ahmed Chalabi. Gunshots were heard as emergency services rushed to the scene. A spokesman for the political group headed by Mr Chalabi, the Iraqi National Congress, said that its headquarters close to the Syrian embassy had been targeted by a suicide car bomber, and that many of its guards and employees were among the casualties. casualties. The authorities in Baghdad say security forces shot and killed a man before he could detonate a fourth car bomb near the former Germany embassy, which is now a bank. A number of Iraqi guards working for foreign missions were among those killed. Egypt said several of its staff were wounded by shrapnel. Spain said its embassy and the adjacent German mission were also damaged. Our correspondent says Sunday's attacks bore all the hallmarks of earlier bombings, for which the Islamic State in Iraq - the umbrella group for militant Sunni Islamist insurgents - took responsibility. But the same organisation vowed to disrupt the general elections in March, which went ahead undeterred. This was also the first wave of co-ordinated attacks in Baghdad for more than two months, and the magnitude of each explosion was considerably less than the massive bombs that struck government targets last year, our correspondent says. Those attacks - last August, October and December - killed hundreds of people.

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hree?
And this might be bad.
World War III?

 

[B-Blue]

Wow, Brian117.... I really don't know what to say.