Here’s the AP’s list of the worst car bombings in Iraq this year:
_ March 11, 2007: A suicide car bomber in Baghdad drove into a flatbed truck carrying Shiite pilgrims returning from Karbala, setting off an explosion that killed at least 32 people.
_ March 5, 2007: At least 38 Iraqis were killed and 66 wounded when a suicide car bomber struck a book market in Baghdad.
_ Feb. 24, 2007: A suicide truck bomber struck worshippers leaving a Sunni mosque in Habbaniyah, 50 miles west of Baghdad, killing at least 52 people and wounding at least 74.
_ Feb. 18, 2007: Twin car bombs blew up in a produce market and a row of nearby shops in the Shiite area of New Baghdad, killing at least 62 people and injuring more than 129.
_ Feb. 12, 2007: Three parked cars exploded in Baghdad’s oldest market, killing at least 78 people, in an attack apparently designed to mark the anniversary of the attack on the Shiite shrine in Samara.
_ Feb. 3, 2007: A suicide bomber blew up a truckload of explosives in a food market in a mainly Shiite section of Baghdad, killing at least 137 people. More than 300 people were wounded.
_ Jan. 16, 2007: Two car bombs exploded as students from Al-Mustansiriya University lined up for the ride home, killing at least 70 people and injuring at least 133.
Remember, this is just a list of the worst car bombings in the last 2 and one half months in Iraq. It doesn’t include Iraqi deaths from any other source. Not from bullets to the head by roving death squads. Not from mortar attacks. Not from the actions of American ground forces or air strikes. Not from bandits and gangs. Not from torture at the hands of Iraqi police or Interior Ministry forces. Not from lack of proper medical care due to shortages of doctors, nurses and hospitals. Not from other car and suicide bombs that didn’t make the list.
This is only a list of Iraqi deaths attributable to the worst car bombings this year, so far. Remember that.
