| Title | Iraqnam continues: Car Bomb at Baghdad Restaurant | |
| Date | Wednesday December 31, @11:10AM | |
| Author | ewing2001 | |
| Topic | Bush | |
| from the AP dept. | ||
The Associated Press -December 31
BAGHDAD, Iraq Dec. 31 — A car bomb ripped through an elegant restaurant crowded with diners at a New Year's Eve party featuring belly dancers, live music and fine wine. The blast killed five Iraqis and wounded 35 others, including at least two Americans.
"The glass came flying. Everything else blew up. People were blown apart," said Basam Sarhan, a 25-year-old baker working in the kitchen at the back of the restaurant, located in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood.
AP/ABC -December 31
WASHINGTON Dec. 31 — Citizen soldiers of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve are suffering an increasing share of American military deaths in Iraq, according to Pentagon statistics.
Of the 39 deaths in December for which the Pentagon has released the victim's name, 10 or about 26 percent were citizen soldiers, according to an Associated Press review of Pentagon reports. That is up from 14 percent in November, the deadliest month of the war with 81 American deaths.
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