"Maximum Civilian Casualties"

That's what the perpetrators of this weekend's suicide bombing in Musayyib, in which a fuel tanker was blown up and at least 71 people killed, were aiming for. Daniel Lazare must be so proud.

The brave insurgents tried to follow up that atrocity by attacking a funeral for children killed in an earlier bombing:

And on Saturday, during a funeral for children who died in the bombing on Wednesday, a unit of the Iraqi police stopped a suspicious-looking man approaching the funeral procession and discovered that he was wearing a suicide vest filled with explosives and ball bearings, the American command reported Sunday.

An explosives team disarmed the man, a Libyan, and no one was hurt, according to the American military.

"The bomber was high on drugs and is being treated for the potential overdose," said Col. Joseph DiSalvo, an American commander. The bomber, he said, "came here to kill the grieving parents of the children who were killed on Wednesday."

"I cannot imagine a worse crime."

Posted by damian at July 18, 2005 07:37 AM | TrackBack