Truck bomb destroys key bridge in western Iraq (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 10/17/2009 - 1:50pm

Iraqi Army soldiers inspect a bridge destroyed in a truck bomb attack in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009.<br /><br />A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden truck destroyed a key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing U.S. military.<br /><br />(AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber driving a dynamite-laden truck destroyed a key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing U.S. military, while separate attacks killed nine Iraqis, most of them security force members, police said.




 

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