Suicide bomber kills 18 near Baghdad college
Pastor Dale Morgan
Tuesday February 13, 4:24 PM Reuters*
Suicide bomber kills 18 near Baghdad college*
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide lorry bomber blew up near a Baghdad
college on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding 40, police said.
Police said the small lorry exploded in a parking lot between the
College of Economic Sciences, a private university in western Baghdad's
residential Iskan district, and a large foodstuff warehouse belonging to
the Trade Ministry.
The blast destroyed one house and severely damaged others, police said.
The explosion followed multiple bombings at two Baghdad markets on
Monday that killed at least 77 people and wounded scores.
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have launched a crackdown in the city to quell
sectarian bloodletting between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunnis.
The move is seen as a last chance to avert all-out civil war, but it has
made little impact so far on the unrelenting violence that has killed
tens of thousands.