outwit bomb-detection
The attack was the third major strike by suspected Sunni insurgents in
a week and left Baghdad's top security official acknowledging that
extremists are adopting new methods to outwit bomb-detection squads
such as stashing explosives deep inside the engines and frames of
vehicles.
A similar warning about Cheap GHDnew
tactics came last week from the chief U.S. military commander in Iraq,
Gen. Raymond Odierno, after a two-day wave of suicide car bombers
struck three hotels in Baghdad and the city's main crime lab, killing
at least 63 people.
U.S. and Iraqi officials are deeply concerned that insurgents such as
al-Qaida in Iraq could step up violence before March 7 parliamentary
elections, which are seen as a critical step in reconciliation between
the majority Shiites and the Sunnis who lost control with the toppling
of Saddam Hussein.
The latest attack was wigs hair extensionsanother
blow ¡ª but not entirely unexpected.
Shiite pilgrims are easy targets for bombers who can mingle with the
crowds streaming on roads to shrines and other sites. The current
pilgrimage is one of the largest.
Hundreds of thousands Oakley Sport Sunglassesof
people are walking this week toward Karbala in southern Iraq before the
culmination of religious events Friday ¡ª marking the end of 40 days of
mourning following the anniversary of the death Imam Hussein, a revered
Shiite figure.
Iraqi security forces have promised to protect the pilgrims with
expanded patrols and checkpoints.
But Monday's bombing shows the huge
challenges of trying to find a single attacker among the throng.
The bomber hid the lacoste Jacketsexplosives
beneath an abaya ¡ª a woman's black cloak worn from head to toe ¡ª as
she joined a group of pilgrims on the outskirts of Baghdad's
Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Shaab, said Maj. Gen. Qassim
al-Moussawi, Baghdad's top military spokesman.