Iraqi police arrested four would-be suicide bombers in this southern Iraqi city Tuesday, hours after 143 people were killed in near simultaneous and coordinated attacks on Shiite shrines elsewhere. Police sources told The Associated Press that two men — a Syrian and an Iraqi — were arrested after a car bomb was found outside the Seyed Ali al-Musawi Mosque in central Basra.
Nice live breathing suspects, excellent. To the rack with them!
Tens of thousands of worshippers were in the area when the bombers were discovered just after 12 p.m.
Someone was trying for another big body count
Later in the day, in the al-Maqal neighborhood of Basra, police arrested two women who were wearing explosives-laden belts as they marched in a procession to mark Ashoura.
Bad day to be caught making this kind of fashion statement. |