Party celebrating assassination survival bombed

Recall that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi released a 74 minute video justifying the killing of civilian Muslims as collateral damage, women and children included.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of car bombings and other attacks in Iraq on Monday killed at least 43 people and wounded dozens, Iraqi officials said.

Also Monday, the U.S. military announced the deaths of four American troops in three separate incidents a day earlier.

Two car bombs killed at least 15 civilians and wounded at least 20 Monday night in the northern city of Tal Afar, a government official told CNN.

Car bombs also struck two Shiite Muslim areas Monday in Iraq, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 130 at a Baghdad restaurant and a mosque south of the capital.

The Tal Afar attack, which happened about 7 p.m., targeted a tribal gathering at the home of Sheik Hassan Bakdash, who was celebrating his surviving an assassination attempt a couple of days ago, said Khosra Goran, deputy governor of Nineveh province.

He described Bakdash as one of the most influential figures in the region. The Bakdash tribe is Shiite and is allied with Kurdish parties, mainly the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, he said.

Two car bombs exploded near the site of the gathering, with the majority of the casualties coming in the second detonation, Goran said. It was not immediately known if they were set off by suicide bombers.

When will the Iraqi people have had enough killing and do something to help stop these murderous Islamic Terrorists?

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