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>>>Turnaround in Baghdad....January 25, 2007<<<


definitely...


BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2007

"A suicide car bomber struck a mostly Shiite neighborhood Thursday in central Baghdad, killing 26 people, hours after the prime minister promised the coming U.S.-Iraq security sweep in the capital would pursue militants wherever they were hiding.

The blast occurred shortly after two rockets slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone. Two hours later, a second huge explosion rocked the area.

Police said they had blown up a second car bomb that had been disabled before its second suicide bomber could detonate it.

A massive plume of black smoke rose into the air on the east bank of the Tigris River and heavy gunfire rang out in the aftermath of the explosions.

The suicide bomber struck in the central neighborhood of Karradah, the second to hit the area in three days. At least three policemen were among the dead."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/25/iraq/main2397087.shtml