13 killed in Iraq market blast.BAGHDAD: A bomb hidden in a box of birds killed 13 people and wounded 60 at a popular pet market in central Baghdad yesterday.Body parts were strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. among bird carcasses as bystanders piled victims into carts and rushed them to ambulances after the blast at the crowded Al Ghazil pet market. Police said four policemen "The Four Policemen" was a term coined by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to refer to the four major Allies of World War II and founders of the United Nations (UN): the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China. were among the wounded. "Two IEDs (improvised explosive devices) were hidden in a carton and left in the crowded centre of the market," an Interior Ministry official said. The market attack was the worst since 32 people were killed by twin car bombs in southwestern Baghdad on September 26, and could dent new-found confidence among Iraqis that security is getting better. In Mosul, two separate bombings killed nine people, including six policemen. A suicide car bomb targeting a police patrol killed five people in southeastern Mosul. A second in the same area killed four people. Two more people were killed in the town of Kut, south of Baghdad. Three suspected Al Qaeda militants beheaded be·head tr.v. be·head·ed, be·head·ing, be·heads To separate the head from; decapitate. [Middle English biheden, from Old English beh their uncle Youssef Al Hayali and his wife Zeinab Kamel at the all-boys school in Jalawlah in Diyala province. The militants considered that school guard Youssef Al Hayali was an infidel INFIDEL, persons, evidence. One who does not believe in the existence of a God, who will reward or punish in this world or that which is to come. Willes' R. 550. This term has been very indefinitely applied. because he did not pray and wore western-style trousers. Shi'ites in their thousands turned out to roar their support for radical cleric Moqtada Al Sadr in his Sadr City  This article or section may contain a proseline.Please help [ convert this timeline] into prose or, if necessary, a . bastion in east Baghad, some vowing during Friday prayers even to die for him. The outpouring of fervour follows an operation by Iraqi and US security forces in the central city of Diwaniyah in which dozens of Sadr's Mehdi Army militia were arrested. Meanwhile, the UN refugee agency said it was too soon to encourage Iraqis to return to their homeland, although limited numbers have gone back from Syria after their money or visas ran out. A large-scale repatriation Repatriation The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country. Notes: If you are American, converting British Pounds back to U.S. dollars is an example of repatriation. programme would only be possible when proper conditions were met, including legal and material support and the physical safety of the refugees, said a spokeswoman. A prelate PRELATE. The name of an ecclesiastical officer. There are two orders of prelates; the first is composed of bishops, and the second, of abbots, generals of orders, deans, &c. from Iraq about to be made a cardinal said Pope Benedict had told him he hoped his elevation would help reconciliation among Christians and Muslims in his country. Emmanuel III Delly Patriarch Cardinal-designate Mar Emmanuel III Delly is the current Patriarch of Babylon for the Chaldeans and head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church of the Catholic Church. , the Baghdad-based Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, is one of 23 Roman Catholic prelates who will be raised to the rank of cardinal by the Pope today. Copyright [c] 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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