Motorcycle bomb kills 7

**placidfemme** · 3rd November 2006, 09:35

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectID=10408974

Motorcycle bomb in Baghdad kills seven

7.30am Friday November 3, 2006

BAGHDAD - A motorcycle bomb killed seven people and wounded 45 others as it ripped through a crowded motorbike market in Baghdad's Shi'ite Sadr City district on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said.

The bomb, detonated by remote control, targeted shoppers in the Mureydi market. The source, quoting police at the scene, said officers initially thought the explosion was caused by a rigged car but later determined the explosives had been planted on a motorcycle.

The densely populated and impoverished area is often targeted by Sunni militants.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded the US and Iraqi military lift a blockade of the district that was enforced after a US soldier of Iraqi descent was suspected to have been kidnapped by a powerful militia controlling many parts of the slum, which is home to a third of Baghdad's population.

- REUTERS

Thats the first time I've heard of a bike being used to host a bomb

**98tls** · 3rd November 2006, 09:47

Maybe it was an old TX750 Yamaha that just decided enough was enough and did what TXs did best..........blow up.....

**Wasp** · 3rd November 2006, 10:04

i seem remeber watching something on tv about the bali bombings and a motorcycle was involved - i think it may have just been that the guy who was to set off the bomb at the embassy (or that other building not the bar area) rode a bike to get there....

**chris** · 3rd November 2006, 10:39

Originally Posted by placidfemme

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectID=10408974

Thats the first time I've heard of a bike being used to host a bomb

Your point being?

**MattRSK** · 3rd November 2006, 10:42

Originally Posted by chris

Your point being?

Dude WTF are you on about?

**placidfemme** · 3rd November 2006, 10:43

Originally Posted by chris

Your point being?

And your point being?

**chris** · 3rd November 2006, 10:50

Originally Posted by placidfemme

And your point being?

I don't see the point of your comment. It makes no difference whether it was a motorcycle carrying the bomb or car or truck or a used biscuit tin. Motorcycles have been used probably 1000's of times as concealed bombs.

**placidfemme** · 3rd November 2006, 10:55

Originally Posted by chris

I don't see the point of your comment. It makes no difference whether it was a motorcycle carrying the bomb or car or truck or a used biscuit tin. Motorcycles have been used probably 1000's of times as concealed bombs.

and still your point is?

**MattRSK** · 3rd November 2006, 11:00

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Thats the first time I've heard of a bike being used to host a bomb

Key words Chris come on!

**chris** · 3rd November 2006, 12:04

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/Cris...-R5-Alertnet-4

KATHMANDU, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist rebel chief Prachanda failed once again on Sunday to bridge key differences in their crucial peace talks, negotiators said.

Both sides said they would meet again but set no date for fresh dialogue.

The main sticking points that have blocked a deal in the previous three rounds of talks in a week between Koirala and Prachanda were disputes over the disarming of the rebel army and the future of the monarchy in the impoverished Himalayan nation.

More than 13,000 people have died since the Maoists began an armed campaign in 1996 to turn Nepal, one of the world's poorest countries, into a communist state.

"Today's meeting ended without any decision," Tourism Minister Pradip Gyanwali, a government negotiator, told Reuters.

"We'll meet again after more homework and dates will be decided through mutual consultations."

The rebels also said more preparations were needed before the next round.

"The meeting could not take any decision on the main political agenda," said Dev Gurung, a Maoist negotiator.

Another rebel leader said the talks were stuck "on the issue of arms management".

Both sides had said they had been "very close" to a breakthrough at the end of each previous round of talks.

Prachanda and other rebel negotiators were guarded by Maoist guards on motorcycles and vans as they arrived at Koirala's high-security residence for the talks.

That's the first time I've heard of Maoist guards riding motorcycles.