14 Iraqis Killed in Three Attacks in Jisr Diala and Hibhib, an October 24, 2007 Report

Baghdad double explosion casualties up to 34

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 24 /10 /2007 Time 9:47:53

Baghdad, Oct 24, (VOI)-

The death toll of the two bomb blasts that took place earlier on Wednesday in Jisr Diala region in southeastern Baghdad rose to 9 dead and 25 wounded, a police source said.

"Nine civilians were killed and 25 others were injured in two simultaneous bomb blasts on Wednesday morning in a crowded area in Jisr Diala region in southeastern Baghdad," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "Iraqi security forces sealed off the area and sent the wounded to nearby hospitals," he added. A police source had said earlier that eight civilians were killed and 22 injured, including policemen, when two coordinated roadside bombs exploded on Wednesday morning in Jisr Diala region in southeastern Baghdad.

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AP Headline: Iraqi Government Seeks Ways to Overturn US Decree Exempting Security Firms From Prosecution

By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writer

Oct 24, 2007, 3:15 PM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

The Iraqi government remains determined to expel the Blackwater USA security company and is searching for legal remedies to overturn an American-imposed decree that exempts all foreign bodyguards from prosecution under local laws, officials said Wednesday.

In a district southeast of Baghdad, meanwhile, two bombs exploded seconds apart near a bus station Wednesday, killing at least nine people, police and hospital officials said.

The blasts, which occurred about 30 yards apart in Jisr Diyala, targeted government employees, construction workers and vendors waiting for minibuses to take them into the capital, officials said. Vendors were selling pastries, juice and tea to the workers.

Three policemen, women and children were among the nine killed and 23 wounded, officials said.

Hours later, mortar shells rained onto a neighborhood in Hibhib, 30 miles north of Baghdad, killing at least five civilians and wounding 17, police said.

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