(16 Nov 2008)
Shaab neighbourhood, Baghdad
1. Wide of Iraqi troops and onlookers near blast site
2. Mid of onlookers and Iraqi troops at blast site
3. Iraqi troops standing by damaged cars
4. Various Iraqi troops examining damaged cars
5. Close of broken windscreen on damaged car
6. Blood stain on ground
7. Wide of the blast site
Bab al-Sheikh neighbourhood, Baghdad
8. Wide of blast scene with minaret of the Sunni al-Gilani mosque in background
9. Various of Iraqi troops at the blast site
10. Emergency workers at site
12. Iraqi troops at the blast site
11. Iraqi military vehicles at the site
13. Wide of the blast site
Nahda district, Baghdad
14. Sign reading (Arabic) 'al-Kindi Teaching Hospital'
15. Various of medics treating injured man
16. Various of injured people on hospital beds
17. Ambulance leaving hospital
Karradah district, Baghdad
18. Damaged building with rubble and damage
19. Damaged cars and damaged pylon on ground
20. Close of car bomb wreckage
21. Pan of damaged cars
22. Low angle shot car bomb wreckage, damaged National Theatre in background
Nahda district, Baghdad
23. Exterior of al-Kindi Teaching Hospital
24. Various of injured people lying in hospital bed
STORYLINE
The violence in Baghdad continued on Sunday, when a roadside bomb killed three people and wounded seven in the northern Shaab district of the Iraqi capital, underlining the fragile security situation.
The explosion hit a checkpoint belonging to US-backed fighters in the Sunni enclave of Basatin, in the predominantly Shiite Shaab district, according to police and hospital officials.
Two of the those killed were members of the local Awakening Council, or Sahwa, one of several names used to refer to the Sunni insurgents and tribesmen who have revolted against al-Qaida in Iraq, joining the US military in the fight against the terror group.
Five of the injured were also Sahwa members.
Sahwa fighters have been frequently targeted by al-Qaida militants since they changed sides in late 2006, with scores of their leaders assassinated and their checkpoints and headquarters bombed.
Another roadside bomb exploded on Sunday near the revered Sunni al-Gilani mosque in Bab al-Sheikh, central Baghdad.
Three civilians were wounded in that blast, Iraqi police said.
The injured were taken to the nearby Al-Kindi Teaching Hospital.
The attacks are the latest evidence that violence continues to plague Iraq, despite the dramatic improvement in security over the past year.
Late on Saturday, a bomb in a parked car exploded near the National Theatre in Baghdad.
According to Iraqi police and hospital officials, at least five people were killed and 23 injured.
The US military, however, said initial reports indicated no deaths but 19 civilians wounded.
The attacks came shortly before Iraq's Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year.
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