IRAQ - Oct 10 - Car Bombs Kill 11.Car bombers strike twice in rapid succession in Baghdad, killing at least 11 people including an American soldier, as Def Sec Donald Rumsfeld warns violence may increase before the January election. The most feared terror group, Tawhid and Jihad jihad: see Islam. jihad In Islam, the central doctrine that calls on believers to combat the enemies of their religion. According to the Qur'an and the Hadith, jihad is a duty that may be fulfilled in four ways: by the heart, the tongue, the hand, , claimed responsibility for the near-simultaneous car bombings, one near an eastern Baghdad police academy and the other outside an eastern Baghdad market as an American military convoy A land or maritime convoy that is controlled and reported as a military unit. A maritime convoy can consist of any combination of merchant ships, auxiliaries, or other military units. was passing by. An American soldier was fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. wounded in the convoy convoy Vessels sailing under the protection of an armed escort. Since the 17th century, neutral powers have claimed the right of convoy in wartime, providing warships to escort their merchantmen and keep them secure from search or seizure. attack, US and Iraqi officials said. One Iraqi was wounded in that attack. The Kindi Hospital said it received 10 bodies from the police academy blast, and the police said 15 others were wounded there. The latest violence occurred as Rumsfeld arrived unannounced for his first visit to the country since the US handed over sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government June 28. Rumsfeld flew to a US-controlled air base in the western desert, where he fielded questions at a "town hall" style meeting with about 1,500 marines. He warned that the insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. were likely to step up attacks between now and national elections in January, so it was unlikely that the US military could withdraw any troops before then. Rumsfeld said: "Our hope is that as we build up Iraqi forces, we will be able to relieve the stress on our forces and see a reduction in coalition forces over some period of time, probably post-Iraqi election. But again, it will depend entirely on the security situation here in this country". Before Rumsfeld appeared at the main operating base Main Operating Base (MOB) is a term used by the United States military defined as "an overseas, permanently manned, well protected base, used to support permanently deployed forces, and with robust sea and/or air access. of the 3rd Marine Air Wing, the approximately 1,500 marines in his audience were give instructions by Sgt Maj Dennis Reed Dennis Reed is a United States mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a Heavyweight. Biography Mixed martial arts record 41 wins, 38 losses, 1 draw. on what not to ask. The interim PM, Ayad Allawi, hopes to suppress insurgents and take control of rebel enclaves before the January legislative elections. US and Iraqi officials have been negotiating for weeks with tribal and religious leaders in key rebel areas but have said they are prepared to use force if talks fail, as they did in Samarra last month. |
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