36 killed in Baghdad suicide blasts

A TEAM of suicide car bombers, bent on death for “collaborators,” devastated the Red Cross headquarters and three police stations yesterday, killing 36 people and wounding more than 200 in the bloodiest day in Baghdad since the start of the US occupation.

From north to south in this city of five million, the explosions over a 45-minute period left streetscapes of broken bodies, twisted wreckage and Iraqis unnerved by an escalating underground war. The dead included a US soldier, eight Iraqi policemen and at least 26 Iraqi civilians.

"We feel helpless when we see this," said an Iraqi doctor.