| Show Baghdad Dozens killed and hurt in suicide bombings in Iraq Raheem Salman Los Angeles Times Inside an Iraqi Army AmlY recruiting station Sunday morning a young man launched into a rant about unemployment and corruption corruption corruption cor cor- in the new Iraq Why wont won't they give us jobs unless we pay someone off he said in Iraqi accent ed Arabic according to witnesses As a crowd of young men drew closer to listen he blew himself up killing at least 22 Iraqis and injuring 43 Insurgents renewed their campaign of violence around the country Sunday Dozens were killed or wounded in a torrent of car bombs suicide attacks and shootings shootings shoot shoot- shootings ings in the capital near and and along the Syrian border The recruiting-center recruiting attack the sixth on the former fonner Muthana air base and the deadliest deadliest deadliest dead dead- liest single attack in Baghdad since the I June 19 suicide bombing of a restaurant frequented by Iraqi police was tailored to iI inflict maximum casualties Iraqi security forces and US U.S. soldiers already posted at the base converged on the scene Ambulances rushed bloodied victims to hospitals Police sealed off the major street alongside the bombing scene snarling traffic citywide on the first day of the workweek Victims' Victims bodies crowded the morgue of Hospital where many of the injured were taken Everything changed into smoke dust and bodies of people Ali AH 23 said from his hospital bed I Iwas was worried about a second explosion Even now while I am in the hospital I am afraid that one of the terrorists will enter the hospital to hurtus hurt us Despite repeated attacks against Iraq's nascent security forces jobless young men continue to sign up in droves In Baghdad alone soldiers have been recruited to the Iraqi army airy and gotten beyond basic training a US U.S. military official said |
