At Least 15 Dead After Baghdad Explosions

One resident said the missiles hit the busy street, which is lined by ground-floor shops underneath residential apartment blocks, at around 11:30 a.m. He said he believed as many as 27 people had been killed in the attack.
Haneed Dulaimi, head of the Iraqi defense unit for the district, said: “There are at least 13 killed and some 30 injured. Two missiles hit the street.”
He said there were no military facilities in the area.
The United States and Britain have pounded targets in and around Baghdad with repeated air raids since the war to oust President Saddam Hussein began on Thursday.
They say they are using precision-guided bombs and missiles which can destroy military and government targets while keeping civilian casualties to a minimum.
Iraqi and Arab television stations broadcast footage of the aftermath of the attack, showing bloodied corpses and angry crowds — images likely to stir outrage in the Arab world and among opponents of the war.