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Shiite market attack second deadliest since invasion Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2007/02/04/afx3392680.html http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2007/02/04/afx3392680.html AFX News Limited At least 130 killed in second deadliest attack since Iraq invasion 02.04.07, 6:16 AM ET BAGHDAD (AFX) - A suicide bomber blew up his Mercedes truck in a Baghdad market yesterday killing at least 130 people in the second deadliest attack since the US-led invasion of 2003. The blast was the worst attack since coordinated car bombings in the Baghdad Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City on Nov 23 killed at least 202 people. Another 305 people were wounded in the massive attack in central Baghdad's Al-Sadriya district, the latest in a rash of insurgent bombings of shopping districts as US troop reinforcements ready a much-heralded security crackdown. The Iraqi government pointed the finger at militants infiltrating from neighbouring Syria, with which it restored diplomatic relations only late last year. The White House pledged that Washington 'stands with the people of Iraq.' 'A suicide truck bomb exploded in the Sadriya market, in central Baghdad on the east bank of the Tigris River. At least 130 people were killed and 305 wounded,' a security source told Agence France-Presse. An Iraqi bomb expert told state television that the truck was packed with one tonne of explosives. The blast sent a long plume of thick grey smoke into the overcast sky just before dusk, when markets are usually crowded with shoppers out for food ahead of the nighttime curfew that takes effect at 9:00 pm. afp

15 killed in sunni neighborhood { February 4 2007 } 45 killed in 6 iraq bombings 6 helicopters downed in 3 weeks { January 2007 } 75 shiites killed in crowded marketplace { January 22 2007 } Apache helicopter shot down in iraq { February 2 2007 } Baghdad bombs kill 178 { March 2007 } Baghdad book market bombing kills 26 Blast kill 65 at baghdad university { January 16 2007 } Bombs in shiite areas kill 72 after saddam hanged { November 2006 } Bombs kill 110 iraqi shiites during religious ritual { March 6 2007 } Commander in iraq says insurgents intensifying attacks Iraq suicide bomber kills 60 in market { February 2 2007 } Iraqi government new security measures { February 14 2007 } Mahdi army to blend into civilian life { January 2007 } Mahdi_Army_militia [jpg] Markets with sunnis and shiites bombed constantly { March 1 2007 } Shiite market attack second deadliest since invasion Shiite worshippers killed by bomb { December 2007 } Suicide bombers kill 125 in shiite markets { March 30 2007 } US cracks down on sadr mahdi army { January 23 2007 } US installs biometric security scans in baghdad { April 23 2007 } Violence in 2007 might cause 1m iraqis to flee homes Files Listed: 22

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