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By Atul Aneja
MANAMA, FEB. 11. Stepping up attacks on those seeking to collaborate with the American occupation of Iraq, a lone suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives outside an army recruitment centre in Baghdad, killing 47 people. The attack took place at 7. 25 a.m. local time, within a kilometre of the high security "green zone" where the U.S. occupation authorities live and work. There were a large number of casualties as the vehicle, a white Oldsmobile, was packed with 135 to 225 kg of explosives. The victims were mostly from the estimated 300 people waiting outside the locked gates of the recruitment centre. Eyewitnesses said that the car ran over some people before exploding. Though the U.S. facility is protected with sandbags and high walls, the people waiting outside are completely exposed to attacks. The devastating attack came within 24 hours of a suspected car bombing in Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad, which killed 55 people. According to a U.S. military official, it was not immediately possible to determine who was responsible for today's attack. He, however, added that the "operating technique" in the blast resembled the Al-Qaeda's tactics. Analysts say that Iraqi fighters battling the American occupation of Iraq are deliberately attempting to thwart the emergence of institutions that are tailor-made to enforce a U.S.-scripted plan to usher in Iraq's political transition by June end. The Iraqi resistance has been focused on discouraging the emergence of a new pro-U.S. Iraqi police and military force. Two other incidents were reported elsewhere in Iraq. A roadside bomb exploded in the restive Iraqi town of Ramadi, injuring four people travelling in a civilian vehicle that was part of a U.S. military convoy.
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