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Baghdad bomb toll rises to 63, U.S. blames militia

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll from a devastating truck bombing in Baghdad rose to 63 on Wednesday and U.S. forces blamed a rogue Shi'ite militia for the attack.

Four children and five women were among those killed by Tuesday's blast near a crowded market in the predominantly Shi'ite neighborhood of al-Hurriya in northwestern Baghdad, Iraqi police said.

Another 75 people were hurt in the deadliest bombing in the Iraqi capital for three months.

The U.S. military blamed the attack on a "special groups" cell. This is jargon for Shi'ite militants the U.S. military says are backed by Iran.

The military said it believed the attack was ordered to incite Shi'ite violence against Sunni Arabs. Most major car bombs in Iraq are blamed on Sunni Islamist al Qaeda.

(Reporting by Adrian Croft; Editing by Dean Yates)

 

THIS WILL NEVER CEASE,  EVER. THIS IS FACT.

AND OUR TROOPS ARE DYING FOR A LOST CAUSE.

THEY WERE BLOWING THEMSELVES UP LONG BEFORE WE GOT THERE. THEY WILL BLOW THEMSELVES UP LONG AFTER WE'VE GONE.

MIDDLE EAST MADNESS THAT HAS GONE ON SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT. AND WE CANNOT STOP IT.

BRING OUR TROOPS HOME.

THIS IS CALLED SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS.

WANTING THEM ALIVE.

THE MIDDLE EAST HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LOST CAUSE, AND ALWAYS WILL BE.

FACE REALITY.

THERE IS NO WINNER IN THIS WAR.

AND IF WE WITHDRAW, WE ARE NOT LOSERS.

EITHER YOUR FOR A SANE DECISION, OR AN INSANE ONE.

TO KEEP OUR TROOPS THERE TO DIE IS INSANE.

YOU CANNOT FIGHT INSANITY, YOU CAN ONLY

JOIN IT.