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Three bombs kill 90 people in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, February 12.—Two
vehicles loaded with explosives blew up in a crowded
market in the center of Baghdad, causing the death
of 81 people and wounding 195, while another bomb
that exploded nearby killed at least another nine
people, AP reports.
 A
column of smoke rose 300 meters into the air over
the hit market, near the east bank of the River
Tigris and the Central Bank building.
These incidents came a few hours
after 17 police agents were killed by insurgents on
Sunday in attacks on the regime’s security positions
in the north, mainly in Tikrit, while the bodies of
27 people were found in Baghdad.
Meanwhile, an Iraqi high court
has passed the death penalty on Taha Yassin Ramadan,
former vice president of the Saddam Hussein
government, charged with his alleged contribution to
the massacre of Shiite opponents in the 80s.
“God knows that I have done
nothing wrong,” he said when given the sentence, and
ANSA notes that many humanitarian and UN
organizations had called for the death penalty not
to be imposed.
In the United States a resolution
stating that Congress disapproves of President
Bush’s decision to deploy more than 21,000
additional troops in Iraq was circulated on Monday
by Democrats in the House. The measure, which is not
binding, is to be debated and put to the vote by
this Friday.
Translated by Granma
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