| Page 2 of 2 < |
Rebels In Iraq Kill 7 Marines
A U.S. soldier asks a woman standing inside her house in Baghdad about gunfire on the street after a U.S. soldier from another unit was hit by a sniper.
(Photos By Andrea Comas -- Reuters)
TOOLBOX
   Resize
COMMENT
 Discussion Policy
 CLOSE
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.
Who's Blogging  |
The bomber hit a military convoy on a bridge, according to Ibrahim Ali, a firefighter who said he saw the attack.
A statement posted at a mosque in Hit asserted responsibility in the name of the Jordanian radical Abu Musab Zarqawi and lauded a Yemeni man it said had carried out the suicide attack.
In another incident, an American journalist was shot and killed in the southern city of Basra, the Reuters news agency reported. Steven Vincent, author of "In the Red Zone: A Journey Into the Soul of Iraq,'' was working on another book on Iraq when he was killed by unknown assailants.
In Baghdad, Iraqis reacted with frustration Monday to an announcement by the Oil Ministry that it would start fuel rationing next month with an eye toward making sure Iraqis have enough heating oil for the winter.
While second only to Saudi Arabia in crude reserves, Iraq imports hundreds of millions of dollars of refined petroleum products. The country's own refineries are dilapidated and inadequate. Frequent insurgent attacks disrupt supply, and smugglers divert tons of gasoline to neighboring countries. With electrical outages almost round-the-clock this summer in Baghdad, generators also eat up supplies of diesel fuel and gas.
Rationing was one of a list of measures that Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr Uloom announced to try to improve supply. Others included an anti-corruption campaign and a promise to keep some fuel stations open 24 hours a day to deal with the miles-long lines.
In a two-mile-long line on Tuesday, a university student, Saman Mohammed, said the measures would only make Iraq's more readily available black-market gas more expensive. He wondered why Iraqis saw so little of their country's fuel riches.
"Our country is collapsed and became like fallen prey, and the beasts are eating it," Mohammed said. "But eventually, it is our fault. Everyone in this country should cooperate in order to build this country."
Special correspondent Bassam Sebti contributed to this report.
