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After Months of Relative Calm, 2 Deadly Blasts Rock Baghdad
Iraqi soldiers inspect the scene of a bombing in the Mansour area of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol injuring a soldier and a bystander, a police office said. ( AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin)
(Asaad Mouhsin - AP)
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The second bombing struck the Dove Market in the New Baghdad area, also east of the Tigris River. The U.S. military said 20 people died and an additional 30 were injured, while Iraqi police said at least 13 people died and more than 65 were injured. A military spokesman in Baghdad said the female bomber was carrying a backpack filled with shrapnel such as ball bearings. The market is not fortified by concrete walls, but there are guards stationed there.
Jarbou, the bird collector, said he saw the woman in the black, body-covering abaya from behind, a few seconds before she exploded.
"Her body, because of the bomb, was torn apart. You could see her flesh everywhere," he said. "Many of the birds were killed and the shops were broken."
Although Jarbou has always loved birds and keeps more than 50 of them at his home, he acknowledged that it might be time for a new hobby.
"I'm thinking I will sell all my birds," he said. "And I will never go to that market again."
Special correspondent Naseer Nouri contributed to this report.
