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:: 1.19.2004 ::
At Least 20 Dead in Baghdad Blast BAGHDAD, Jan. 18 -- A white pickup truck loaded with 1,000 pounds of plastic explosives and several 155mm artillery shells exploded at the main public gate to the U.S. occupation headquarters Sunday, killing at least 20 bystanders and injuring more than 60 others, U.S. military officials said.
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The attack was the deadliest in Iraq since Hussein's capture on Dec. 13. It came on the eve of a planned meeting in New York on Monday between the chief U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Bremer is seeking to enlist the United Nations in the effort to forestall demands from leading Shiite clerics for direct elections.
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In recent days, U.S. officials had reported a reduction in attacks on American forces, to about 17 a day from more than double that number in November. However, insurgents in central Iraq have launched a continuous stream of attacks, sometimes spectacular, taking many Iraqi lives. Car bombs have often been set off in the perimeter between fortified U.S. compounds and streets. Story in YahooNews.
Quotes of the Day
"This is not war, this is criminal."
- Mehdi Hamdani, an Iraqi merchant who ran toward the carnage from his store up the street.
"It is dangerous to be an Iraqi in the open."
- Abdullah Daud, who was standing in line waiting to be searched at the gate before entering the compound.
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