Coordinated terrorist bombings kill 40, wound more than 200 in Baghdad
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Suicide bombers struck the Red Cross headquarters and three police stations across Baghdad on Oct. 27, killing about 40 people and injuring more than 200 in a coordinated terror spree on the first day of the Islamic holy month of fasting, Ramadan
The string of car bombings, all within about 45 minutes, was the bloodiest episode yet in Baghdad by insurgents targeting the American-led occupation and those perceived as working with it
It also appeared to mark an escalation in tactics, suggesting a level of organization U.S. officials had doubted the resistance possessed. So far, bombers have carried out heavy suicide bombings but only in single strikes
It remained unclear who was responsible for the attacks. U.S. defense officials said they believe loyalists of fallen Iraqi President Saddam Hussein were responsible for the wave of bombings. Here in Baghdad, however, top Iraqi and U.S. officers blamed "foreign fighters," not Hussein diehards.
The bombings came hours after clashes around Baghdad killed three U.S. soldiers overnight, and a day after insurgents hit a hotel full of U.S. occupation officials with a barrage of rockets, killing a U.S. colonel and wounding 18 other people.
イラクで相次ぐ爆破テロ
10月27日、バグダッドの赤十字国際委員会事務所と警察を狙った爆弾テロが発生。テロの標的が国際機関にまで拡大し、無差別化の様相を見せている。
Shukan ST: Nov. 7, 2003
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