Text Only
Search

 
Suicide Bombing in Baghdad Kills 8

01 February 2006

A wounded man is brought to a hospital after an early morning bomb attack, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq
A wounded man is brought to a hospital after an early morning bomb attack, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq
A suicide bomber in Baghdad killed at least eight people and wounded about 30 others Wednesday morning.

Iraqi police say the attacker walked up to a group of men waiting for work (as day laborers) on construction sites and detonated explosives strapped to his body.

In other developments, Arabic-language al-Jazeera television aired video of two German hostages Tuesday, and said kidnappers have threatened to kill them within 72 hours unless Germany ends its cooperation with Iraqi authorities and closes its Baghdad embassy.

The videotape - which did not have sound - showed the hostages sitting on a floor, with masked men pointing automatic rifles at them.

The Germans were abducted January 24 in the northern city of Baiji.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

emailme.gif E-mail This Article
printerfriendly.gif Print Version

  Related Stories
Kidnappers of Germans Give Germany 72 Hours to Leave Iraq
 
  Top Story
Obama: Iraq Election Law an "Important Milestone"  Audio Clip Available

  More Stories
Russia-Iran Relations Balancing on Nuclear Issue
Iraqi Parliament Approves New Electoral Law After Raucous Debate  Audio Clip Available
US Army Chief of Staff: More Troops Needed in Afghanistan
Market Bomber Kills 13 in Northwest Pakistan
Clinton Urges Europeans to Bring Down "Walls" of Terrorism, Oppression  Audio Clip Available
Berlin to Mark the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall  Audio Clip Available
Hurricane Ida Heads Toward Gulf of Mexico, Floods Kill 91 in El Salvador
Motive Sought for Texas Mass Shooting
Dalai Lama Rejects Chinese Criticism of Monastery Visit  Audio Clip Available
China's Premier Pledges $10 billion in Loans to Africa  Audio Clip Available
Netanyahu Heads to US Amid Crisis in Peace Process  Audio Clip Available
Japan Pledges More Aid to Burma if Political Prisoners are Released
WFP Making Inroads on Alleviating Hunger  Audio Clip Available
Deposed Madagascar President says He Will Work With Rival Who Ousted Him  Audio Clip Available
US Health Care Debate Continues on Partisan Lines