At packed hospitals, Iraqis lament blast as bitterly familiar
At packed hospitals, Iraqis lament blast as bitterly familiar Issued on: 4 min Baghdad (AFP) Frantically dashing between hospital beds, Baghdad residents tried to track down relatives who may have died Thursday in a twin suicide blast -- the deadliest attack in years. Grieving mothers, hysterical brothers and wailing children packed the halls at the Sheikh Zayed hospital, less than three kilometres (two miles) away from Tayaran Square. There, in the morning, two suicide attackers detonated their explosives in an open-air flea market where huge crowds, including day labourers, usually gather...