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To: PartyTime who started this subject	3/28/2003 4:26:19 PM
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'Many dead' in Baghdad attack And we think this will make us safer in the US? 'Many dead' in Baghdad attack Reports say many of the casualties were children At least 50 civilians are believed to have been killed during an air raid on a Baghdad market, Iraqi authorities say. Graphic television pictures showed people scrabbling through rubble to reach the dead and injured amid the wreckage in the Shula residential area of the city. Reports of the attack came as coalition forces renewed night-time bombing across the Iraqi capital. On the ground, US-led forces were fighting for control of invasion routes in northern, central and southern Iraq. Separately, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused Syria of allowing the trafficking of military equipment across its border to Iraq and said it would be held accountable for what the US viewed as a hostile act. Syria denied sending supplies and said the US was lying to try to divert attention from Iraqi civilian casualties. Mr Rumsfeld also warned Iran - which organised anti-war rallies on Friday - against putting any personnel into Iraq, saying they would be considered combatants. Correspondents in Baghdad say there is no clear information yet on what may have caused the destruction of al-Nasser market. Dr Osama Sakhari from al-Noor Hospital near the market told Reuters news agency he had counted 55 people killed and more than 47 wounded from Friday's attack. Arabic broadcasters in Qatar and Abu Dhabi each said more than 50 people were dead. They showed pictures of what they said were victims of the attack - mainly women, children and old people - as well as shots of mothers slapping themselves in grief. Abu Dhabi television said the devastation may have been caused by a US cruise missile. But US officials at the Central Command headquarters in Qatar told the BBC they had no details yet and suggested it may have been a misfired Iraqi missile. People in Baghdad stay at home and listen to the air raids. Life here is now full of boredom or fear of what is to come Nariman al-Masri Baghdad resident Read more: Viewpoint form Baghdad It is not known if there are any military installations in the area. The BBC's Paul Wood in Baghdad - whose reports are monitored by Iraqi officials - says the incident could be the largest single loss of life in the war. He says it will be a propaganda victory for the Iraqis and Baghdad residents will see it as a further example of civilian lives being taken recklessly by the US. Only two days ago, Iraqi officials said at least 14 civilians died when another shopping area in Baghdad was hit during a coalition air strike. They added that seven more were killed and 92 injured in overnight raids on Friday. The attacks included the first use of two satellite-guided "bunker-busting" bombs by the US military aimed at communications centres. news.bbc.co.uk

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