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Iraq: 22 dead in Italy HQ blast
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) --At least 14 Italians and eight Iraqis have been killed in
a suicide bombing at the Italian military headquarters in southern Iraq,
officials and hospital sources said.
The blast leveled the building, and Italian defense officials said they expect
the death toll to rise because some people are reportedly trapped under the
rubble
It was the first attack on Italians in Iraq since U.S. President George W. Bush
announced the end of major combat on May 1.
Eleven of the dead were Italian military police -- or Carbinieri -- and three
were from the Italian army, police said. Seven Italians were wounded.
Iraqi hospital sources told CNN's Ben Wedeman that at least eight Iraqis also
died.
The blast happened shortly before 11 a.m. (0800 GMT) Wednesday when two vehicles
crashed the gate of the Italian headquarters in Nasiriya and at least one of
them exploded, according to coalition and Italian officials.
The car had a detonator and was loaded with explosives, but it wasn't clear
whether the truck also was carrying explosives, officials said.
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi called the explosion a "terrorist act,"
and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Italy would not be intimidated by the
bombing and called on the country to unite as opposition parties said Italian
troops should come home. (Full story)
"If there is ever a day when controversy should be silenced, and when all
Italian citizens should show solidarity with those who have taken on the lofty
task of defending the values of our democracy, then this is the day,''
Berlusconi told the Senate.
Italian Defence Minister Antonio Martino told the same sitting of the Senate
that evidence shows Saddam loyalists were behind the blast.
"Evidence on the ground and intelligence reports lead us to believe that today's
attack was planned and carried out by remnants loyal to Saddam... united with
Arab extremists," Martino said.
About 3,000 Italian forces are in Iraq, including about 400 Carbinieri, who are
mainly involved in police operations.
The Italian soldiers are under British command in Iraq, CNN Rome Bureau Chief
Alessio Vinci said. The contingent attacked Wednesday arrived in Iraq only a
month ago.
Italian media are reporting that while the Italians have been mainly welcomed in
Iraq, the bombing could act as a wake-up call and may come as a "surprise" to
some, Vinci said.
Wednesday's bombing came as a CIA assessment warned the security situation will
worsen across Iraq, not just in Baghdad but in the north and south as well, a
senior administration source told CNN. (Full story)
It was not immediately clear if the assessment prompted Iraq civilian
administrator L. Paul Bremer to make a hastily arranged trip to Washington.
Bremer met Tuesday at the White House with U.S. President George W. Bush and
senior national security officials.
Coalition fires on council vehicle
Also Wednesday, coalition forces opened fire at a vehicle carrying Iraqi
Governing Council member Muhammad Bahr al-Ulum near a heavily secured area of
Baghdad, according to sources within the governing council.
The sources said there appeared to be a miscommunication between coalition
soldiers guarding a security gate outside Baghdad's "Green Zone" and the
occupants of the car, resulting in the gunfire.
One person in the car -- not al-Ulum -- was wounded in the shooting, the sources
said. CNN later saw a large amount of blood in al-Ulum's car after it dropped
him off for a council meeting. He appeared to be uninjured when he went into the
meeting.
Other developments
. Late Tuesday, a roadside bomb hit a U.S. military convoy near Baghdad, killing
one U.S. soldier, according to a military spokeswoman. There were no other
casualties in the attack. The soldier, a member of Taskforce Iron Horse, was on
combat patrol west of Taji, just north of Baghdad around 11 p.m. (2000 GMT), she
said.
. A 1st Armored Division soldier was killed and two others wounded in a bomb
attack in Baghdad Tuesday, coalition officials said. In a statement issued
Wednesday, the coalition said the improvised explosive device attack took place
at 4 p.m. (1300 GMT). The soldier was pronounced dead at 9 p.m. at the 28th
Combat Support Hospital. The wounded soldiers were taken to the 47th Combat
Support Hospital for treatment.
. U.S. forces have detained 36 suspects near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit
in connection with the downing of a Black Hawk helicopter last Friday, in which
all six U.S. military personnel on board died, according to military sources
within the 4th Infantry Division. Acting on information from local Iraqis, some
200 U.S. forces launched four overnight raids. Among the suspects being held is
the man suspected of shooting down the Black Hawk, the sources said.
-- 
"Naturally, the common people don't  want war;
neither in Russia nor in England nor in America,
nor for that matter in Germany.
That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders
of the country who determine the policy and
it is always a simple matter to drag the people
along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist
dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist
dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can
always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
That is easy. All you have to do is tell them
they are being attacked and denounce the
pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing
the country to danger. It works the same way
in any country."
           - Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichsmarshall


vox, displaying his racist hatred for arabs, vomits over the idea that
iraqis may be free. he prefers death to freedom.
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